Senior Software Engineer - Public Benefit

As Senior Software Engineer, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain backend services that advance the company’s public benefit mission and support open data and open knowledge initiatives, ensuring reliability, scalability, and measurable societal impact.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate public benefit objectives and open science principles into technical requirements and system designs.
• Architect and maintain backend systems that reliably serve large user bases and high-volume data workloads, while prioritizing data transparency, accessibility, and ethical use.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to design robust APIs and open data interfaces that empower external researchers, partners, and the public.
• Prototype and research new tools for improving existing data infrastructure (e.g., vector databases, distributed data systems, high-performance storage layers), with an emphasis on sharing and enabling open science.
• Be involved in code reviews, unit testing and development strategies in an agile environment
• Influence culture, recruit new engineers, and shape a rapidly growing startup
• Help shape our engineering culture, contributing to best practices and lessons you’ve learned throughout your career

The ideal candidate has:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering
• Strong experience with REST API development
• Expertise in writing distributed, highly available, enterprise grade services
• A deep understanding of systems design, data structures, and algorithms
• Knowledge in using, maintaining, and documenting infrastructure as code in cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
• Strong experience with at least one modern programming language, such as Python, Typescript, or Go
• Ability to be flexible, rational and open-minded

Bonus if the candidate has:

• Design, build, and maintain intuitive, high-performance data visualization tools that make complex information accessible and actionable, supporting transparency and open knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with design, product, and subject-matter experts to translate user needs and public benefit goals into clear visual interfaces and interactive dashboards.
• Develop intuitive, performant UIs using modern frameworks (e.g., React, Svelte, Vue)