Genomenon is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the modernization of critical legacy systems across their platform, which aims to make genomic information actionable for diagnosing and treating rare diseases and cancer.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a senior/staff-level role
- Proven success in system modernization, legacy refactoring, and technical debt reduction
- Strong backend development skills in Python (preferred), Ruby, Go, or C++
- Experience with PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and modern observability/performance tuning practices
- Proficiency in cloud infrastructure (AWS: ECS, Lambda, S3) and containerization with Docker
- Familiarity with orchestration tools like Dagster or Airflow
- Effective use of AI coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, GPT-4) in real-world development
Responsibilities
- Own the analysis, design, and technical execution of key system modernizations
- Extract functional requirements from legacy code with high technical debt
- Design and implement new systems using first principles and modern cloud-native architecture
- Use AI tooling (e.g., GitHub Copilot, GPT-based agents) to accelerate safe, maintainable code generation
- Collaborate closely with product, data science, and engineering to deliver pragmatic solutions that improve platform stability and velocity
- Mentor engineers on best practices for system decomposition, refactoring, and architecture
- Evaluate and integrate open-source or off-the-shelf tools where appropriate
Other
- Contribute to engineering roadmap and long-term technical strategy
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams and domains
- Comfortable navigating messy, undocumented codebases and enjoy collaborating across teams to bring clarity and structure to ambiguity.
- Embrace modern tools—like AI code assistants—not just to move faster, but to raise the bar for code quality and maintainability
- Background working in a fast-paced, scaling startup or health tech environment
