Chai Discovery · 2 months ago
Software Engineer, Infrastructure
San Francisco office
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expChai Discovery is a company that builds frontier AI models to design molecules and transform how medicines are made. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on building flexible and resilient systems and infrastructure that support their product and model-inference workflows.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Health CareLife Science
Responsibilities
Focus on the core systems underpinning our product surface and model-inference workflows, across internal and production deployment environments
Partner closely with product and research engineering, security operations, and our commercial team
Build services that developers love because it makes their lives easier and noticeably increases their productivity
Build systems at scale for modern APIs and front-ends as well as AI/ML inference workloads
Build compliant and secure systems for adoption by the world's leading biopharma organizations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
5+ years experience building production systems with proven + modern tooling
Have had end-to-end ownership of 24x7 infrastructure observability, alerting and incident response
Have been part of 0-to-1 buildouts as well as 1-to-n scale-ups, have the scars to prove it, and bring an always-evolving playbook of best practices and philosophies with you wherever you go
Able to explain technical trade-offs to non-engineers and to translate scientific requirements into engineering tasks
Track record collaborating with product managers and designers to turn Figma frames into pixel-perfect, accessible UIs
Enjoy pair-reviewing code, writing docs, and sharing knowledge with teammates
Take ownership of what you build... you are 'on call' by default
Mission- and purpose-driven; you like the idea of your life's work going to create better cures
Driven to iterate fast with a bias for shipping—without breaking things
Question assumptions, with diplomacy
Clear communicator and respectful colleague
Operate well under pressure and thrive in fast-moving environments
Benefits
Frontier technology: work on the technologies that promises to fundamentally change how new therapeutics are created.
World-class people: work with world-renowned leaders in the AI x Biology ecosystem.
Velocity and ownership: we move incredibly fast and liberally distribute ownership, which means continuous learning and career growth opportunities are guaranteed.
Strong culture and mission: we foster a supportive culture that is mission-driven and high-energy.
Highly competitive compensation: we attract the best talent and compensate them accordingly.
Company
Chai Discovery
Chai Discovery develops artificial intelligence models that predict and reprogram biochemical molecule interactions.
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$231MKey Investors
Amazon Web ServicesMenlo Ventures
2025-12-15Series B· $130M
2025-10-07Non Equity Assistance· $1M
2025-08-06Series A· $70M
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