Software Engineer II

Role: Software Engineer II

Location: South San Francisco, CA (3 days onsite/week)

Duration: 11+ Months

Pay Rate: $70 to $75

Overview: The Client Research and Early Development, Early Clinical Development Informatics department is seeking an experienced Software Engineer who will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing tools and platforms that enable the acceleration of clinical trial development, ultimately bringing life-changing medicines to patients faster.

Responsibilities:

Work collaboratively with a cross-functional team of engineers, analysts and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable end-to-end software solutions

Build, and maintain highly responsive and intuitive user interfaces and applications using modern JavaScript and ReactJS

Design, implement, and maintain comprehensive test automation suites (unit, integration, and end-to-end) using tools such as Playwright, PyTest and Jest to ensure high code quality and software reliability

Drive DevOps best practices by building and managing robust CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI) for automated testing and continuous deployment

Provision, manage, and monitor cloud infrastructure (AWS) utilizing containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation

Participate in the full software development lifecycle within an Agile environment, including system design, coding, code reviews, and architecture planning

Skills:

5+ years of software engineering experience focused on building, and supporting scalable production web applications

Effective use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc.) to enhance coding efficiency, testing, and documentation

Proficiency in backend development using Python (experience with frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django)

Proficiency in frontend development using JavaScript (ES6+) and ReactJS

Experience with AWS, and modern DevOps/deployment practices (Docker, CI/CD tools, IaC)

Experience writing automated tests and working with modern testing frameworks for both front-end and back-end

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and testable code

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building data-intensive applications that manipulate and visualize complex datasets

Hands-on experience providing operational support for production applications, including system monitoring, incident response, and infrastructure troubleshooting

Experience designing and developing robust end-to-end automated test frameworks to ensure quality and reliability across complex production web applications

Proficiency in SQL for writing complex queries, and optimizing database performance (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL)

Knowledge of industry data standards and regulatory compliance (e.g., 21 CFR Part 11, GxPand HIPAA/GDPR)