Software Engineer II - Front End

Opentrons Labworks Inc. is a life science company developing integrated laboratory automation platforms, including robotic systems, APIs, and applications for scientific research. The Software Engineer II - Front End will develop and maintain performant customer-facing web applications, implement features with modern front-end technologies, collaborate on UI/UX design, review code, and support technical troubleshooting and architectural planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop performant and reliable software that will enable our users to efficiently execute scientific workflows
• Implement new features for customer-facing web applications built with Typescript, HTML, and CSS
• Assist in developing and maintaining software systems
• Collaborate on design improvements and translate UI/UX concepts into high-quality front-end code
• Review code contributions from members of the team and establish an effective development / deployment workflow
• Proactively help unblock teammates
• Help triage and solve tricky bugs when teammates need assistance
• Collaboratively plan for and build toward long-term goals, including architectural and other design decisions that will have wide-reaching impact
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred

• Experience maintaining or interacting with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-based deployment workflows preferred
• Active contributions to or maintenance of open-source software preferred
• Familiarity with desktop application frameworks (Electron) and state management architecture (Redux) preferred
• Strong interest in life sciences; prior software experience in biotech, pharmaceuticals, or medical technology preferred
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Cloud Deployment Workflows
• Open-Source Software
• Desktop Application Frameworks
• Electron
• State Management Architecture
• Redux
• Life Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Pharmaceuticals
• Medical Technology
• Software Development
• Interest

Benefits

• Hybrid position in Long Island City (Queens) NY
• Bonus, equity and full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered
• 401(k) eligibility
• Various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave

Company

• Life science lab automation via liquid-handling robots and cell engineering
• Brooklyn, New York, USA
• http://www.opentrons.com/
• Founded in 2014
• 201-500 employees

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience building, shipping, and maintaining customer-facing web applications (preferably in mission-critical or regulated environments)
• Demonstrated experience writing performant, well-tested, and resilient front-end code in a production environment
• Proven track record of collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams to translate UI/UX designs into production features
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to unblocking teammates and triaging technical issues
• Working knowledge of or desire to expand skills into backend technologies (Python, Node.js)
• Solid software engineering fundamentals: testing, debugging, code reviews, git workflows, and architectural planning
• High proficiency in modern front-end web technologies, including TypeScript, HTML5, CSS, and React
• Must reside in: NY, NJ or CT
• This is a hybrid position, requiring onsite presence at our Long Island City HQ at least 3 days per week
• Experience maintaining or interacting with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-based deployment workflows preferred
• Active contributions to or maintenance of open-source software preferred
• Familiarity with desktop application frameworks (Electron) and state management architecture (Redux) preferred
• Strong interest in life sciences; prior software experience in biotech, pharmaceuticals, or medical technology preferred

Required skills

• TypeScript, HTML5, CSS, React, Front-End Web Development, Web Application Development, Software Testing, Debugging, Code Review, Git, CI/CD, Cloud-Based Deployment

Experience

• 2+ years