Dotmatics · 1 week ago
Staff Engineer - Full Stack (Node.js) | Luma
Massachusetts, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
12+ years expDotmatics is a leading company in scientific innovation, seeking a Staff Engineer to enhance their AI-Powered R&D platform, Luma. The role involves defining system architecture, improving engineering standards, and mentoring a world-class engineering team while driving the integration of AI in software development.
BioinformaticsBiopharmaBiotechnologyCloud ComputingComputerData IntegrationData VisualizationLife SciencePharmaceuticalSaaS
Hiring Manager
Hanna Mraovic
Responsibilities
Define and drive system architecture for services within a Node.js/TypeScript ecosystem
Contribute to and improve engineering standards, patterns, and best practices for distributed systems, observability, and reliability
Architect and implement serverless and event-driven data processing pipelines for high-volume scientific data
Guarantee the scalability, maintainability, and security of software solutions
Provide technical guidance to Software Engineers, conduct code reviews, and raise the bar for design, code quality, and operational excellence
Help shape user interfaces that are intuitive and accelerate scientific research
Collaborate with other teams to build scientific solutions on top of a best-in-class scientific data engine
Qualification
Required
12+ years experience in engineering preferably in a SaaS environment
Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
Strong engineering background with Node.js and React
Proven experience designing and implementing distributed, event-driven systems and high-level web applications
Experience implementing automated testing platforms, unit tests, and integration tests
Professional experience with PostgreSQL and building/consuming RESTful APIs
Hands-on experience with AWS in production environments and a solid understanding of Kubernetes for orchestrating workloads
Proficiency with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions and AWS CodePipeline
Knowledge of Agile software development practices
Preferred
Setting technical direction, leading cross-team initiatives, and levelling up other engineers
Background in complex data pipelines and scaling
Message-based architectures (e.g., Kafka)
Deployment technologies like Terraform
Exposure to AWS and/or GCP or designing systems portable across multiple cloud providers
Building Windows applications
Building scalable distributed systems using Kubernetes and other cloud-native technologies
Experience within Life Sciences or R&D data management
Company
Dotmatics
Dotmatics is an R&D scientific software connecting science, data, and decision-making. It is a sub-organization of Insightful Science.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2022 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Insight Partners
2025-04-02Acquired
2017-11-01Private Equity
Leadership Team
Thomas Swalla
CEO & Board Director
Jerome Combes-Knoke
SVP of Corporate Strategy & Development
Recent News
2026-01-06
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