Software Engineer

Science is developing a software platform that will touch every part of the company, from collecting neural data to tracking devices through assembly to streamlining purchasing. We are looking for an experienced web engineer to join onsite in Alameda, CA to help build out this platform, in close collaboration with a world-class team of scientists and engineers. You will work with the microfabrication, biology, animal behavior, surgery, and ops teams to build tools that they will use every day. Great communication skills are a must, and we're looking for technical and product judgment above all: can you ask the right questions to absorb other people’s mental models, then turn around and build things that make sense for the situation, quickly?

Key Qualifications

• 2+ years as a web software engineer, including significant depth in both frontend and backend engineering.
• Ability to act as your own product manager and track down the next project that will be most immediately useful for the least coding effort.
• A strong sense of when it's appropriate to address mounting technical debt, and when to keep building new features.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly ship with little oversight in a chaotic startup environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Our stack is Rails / React / Typescript / PostgreSQL. Experience with at least some of these technologies is a major plus.
• Experience with app deployment / devops.
• A healthy distrust of the cloud.

Salary/Pay Range:

Science is required under California law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role.  We determine your level based on your interview performance and make an offer based on the indicated salary band. The base salary range for this full-time position is $113,000 – $210,000 annually + equity + benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by several factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please keep in mind that the equity portion of the offer is not included in these numbers.

Benefits:

At Science, our benefits are in place to support the whole you:

• Competitive salary and equity
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Flexible vacation and company-paid holidays
• Healthy meals and snacks provided onsite
• Paid parental, jury duty, bereavement, family care and medical leave
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Science
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k)