Senior Software Engineer I

Posted 22 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in USA
Remote
Mid level
Healthtech • Biotech
Spot the pattern. Treat the cancer.
The Role
The Senior Software Engineer at Freenome will develop and scale computing and data platforms, drive innovation in collaboration with product managers and infrastructure engineers, and support high-throughput data pipelines and ML models. The role involves optimizing Kubernetes clusters, enhancing productivity for users, and contributing to the Data Lakehouse and other fundamental components of a modern data architecture.
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Why join Freenome?

Freenome is a high-growth biotech company developing tests to detect cancer using a standard blood draw. To do this, Freenome uses a multiomics platform that combines tumor and non-tumor signals with machine learning to find cancer in its earliest, most-treatable stages. 

Cancer is relentless. This is why Freenome is building the clinical, economic, and operational evidence to drive cancer screening and save lives. Our first screening test is for colorectal cancer (CRC) and advanced adenomas, and it’s just the beginning. 

Founded in 2014, Freenome has ~400 employees and continues to grow to match the scope of our ambitions to provide access to better screening and earlier cancer detection.  

At Freenome, we aim to impact patients by empowering everyone to prevent, detect, and treat their disease. This, together with our high-performing culture of respect and cross-collaboration, is what motivates us to make every day count.

Become a Freenomer

Do you have what it takes to be a Freenomer? A “Freenomer” is a determined, mission-driven, results-oriented employee fueled by the opportunity to change the landscape of cancer and make a positive impact on patients’ lives. Freenomers bring their diverse experience, expertise, and personal perspective to solve problems and push to achieve what’s possible, one breakthrough at a time.

About this opportunity:

At Freenome, we are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to scale the next generation Research Platform that accelerates our mission to develop accessible solutions to combat cancer. You will closely partner with Product Managers and other infrastructure and product software engineers to drive innovation, contributing to the success of Freenome as a whole. In this role you will be at the core of a world-class interdisciplinary group including Research engineers, ML Scientists, Bioinformaticists, Computational Biologists, Biostatisticians.  The ideal candidate has contributed to building internal platforms and is comfortable working in a dynamic environment,  adapting to rapid technological progress and changing research priorities. 

The role reports to our engineering management team. This role will be a remote position based anywhere in the US.

What you’ll do:

  • Develop, scale and provide support on the computing and data platforms that power all Freenome’s research
  • Understand user needs across a wide range of engineering and scientific disciplines, and create simple solutions to enhance their productivity
  • Build tools and abstractions to orchestrate and track distributed workflows, supporting petabyte-scale data pipelines and ML model development
  • Optimize our Kubernetes clusters for high-throughput batch processing, e.g. by scouting, deploying and tuning alternative schedulers and policy engines. We use Apache Yunikorn and Kyverno
  • Collaborate with team mates through system design, code review and pairing
  • Provide technical support and pair as needed with our scientific partners
  • Contribute to develop our Data Lakehouse and other platform components of a modern data architecture
  • Champion platform engineering best practices and a data as a product culture at Freenome

Must haves:

  • 3-5 years of experience as a software engineer shipping highly reliable production systems, preferably as member of platform and backend teams
  • Proficiency with Python and familiarity with one or more other high-level programming languages
  • Experience managing cloud native services, storage and compute infrastructure on one or more public cloud providers, including GCP or Azure
  • Experience with Docker and operating container orchestrator frameworks, preferably Kubernetes
  • Hands-on experience managing CI/CD pipelines with Infrastructure as Code
  • Experience driving performance, efficiency and usability improvements with proactive attitude to monitoring, debugging and relentless optimization
  • Strong communication and documentation skills, and high empathy for users
  • Ability to thrive in an environment where cross-functional collaboration, communication and compromise are part of your day-to-day work
  • BS or higher in computer science or a related technical field, or comparable experience

Nice to haves:

  • Collaborating with research engineers, scientists, AI teams
  • Terraform, Pulumi or other Infrastructure as Code tools
  • Profiling and debugging at system level
  • Observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack
  • Flyte or other modern workflow orchestrators like Metaflow, Argo Workflows
  • Distributed computing frameworks and design patterns
  • Apache Iceberg or other data lake technologies like DeltaLake, Apache Hudi

Benefits and additional information:

The US target range of our base salary for new hires is $131,325 - $201,000. You will also be eligible to receive pre-IPO equity, cash bonuses, and a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits depending on the position offered.  Please note that individual total compensation for this position will be determined at the Company’s sole discretion and may vary based on several factors, including but not limited to, location, skill level, years and depth of relevant experience, and education. We invite you to check out our career page @ freenome.com/job-openings/ for additional company information.  

Freenome is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer, and we value diversity. Freenome does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.  

  • Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
  • Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)

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Top Skills

Apache Hudi
Apache Iceberg
Apache Yunikorn
Argo Workflows
Azure
Deltalake
Docker
Elk Stack
Flyte
GCP
Grafana
Kubernetes
Kyverno
Metaflow
Prometheus
Pulumi
Python
Terraform
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The Company
HQ: South San Francisco, CA
372 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Freenome is on a mission to empower everyone with the tools they need to detect, treat, and ultimately prevent cancer.

We have pioneered the most comprehensive multiomics platform for early cancer detection through a routine blood draw. By combining deep expertise in molecular biology with advanced computational biology and machine learning techniques to recognize disease-associated patterns among billions of circulating, cell-free biomarkers, we are developing simple and accurate blood tests for early cancer detection and integrating the actionable insights into health systems to operationalize a machine learning feedback loop between care and science.

Our recent $270 Million Series C brings our financing to over $500 million from investors, including; Bain Capital, Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital, Polaris Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., GV (formerly Google Ventures), Roche Venture Fund, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, American Cancer Society’s BrightEdge Ventures, Data Collective Venture Capital, Novartis and Verily Life Sciences.

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