Loon · 3 months ago
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, AI for Chemistry project
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$165K/yr - $258K/yr
5+ years expLoon is a diverse group of inventors and entrepreneurs aiming to improve lives through innovative technologies. They are seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to lead the development of a user-facing platform that connects chemists with machine learning tools, focusing on creating an exceptional user experience and building robust systems on Google Cloud Platform.
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Responsibilities
Lead the development of a sophisticated web interface for chemists, enabling them to run search through experiments, visualize data, and interpret results from our ML models
Architect and build scalable frontend systems and robust backend APIs, ensuring the entire application is secure, performant, and reliable
Collaborate directly with research scientists and ML engineers to understand user needs, define product requirements, and build features that fit seamlessly into a scientific workflow
Own the end-to-end deployment and operations of the application on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), utilizing services like Cloud Run, GKE, and Cloud SQL
Implement rich data visualizations for complex chemical information, making our AI-driven insights accessible and actionable
Champion software engineering best practices, including comprehensive testing, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code, to build a resilient, production-ready system
Qualification
Required
A minimum of 5 years of professional experience designing, building, and deploying production-grade, user-facing applications
Demonstrable expertise in building and hosting front-end focused products on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Deep proficiency in modern frontend development with TypeScript and React, including experience with frameworks like Next.js
Expertise with frontend ecosystem tools, including state management libraries and data fetching/caching strategies
Strong backend development experience in Python with frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask
Proven experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and containerization (Docker)
A strong product mindset and a passion for building exceptional user interfaces
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform
A solid understanding of MLOps and DevOps principles and experience building robust CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Cloud Build, GitHub Actions)
Experience working at start-up or small teams environments
Preferred
Experience building software for scientific or technical users, particularly in chemistry, chemoinformatics, or a related life science field
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Loon
Loon is a network of high altitude balloons used to provide stable internet coverage on the ground. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$125MKey Investors
HAPSMobile
2019-04-25Undisclosed· $125M
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