Life Science Connect

Building and maintaining a high-performance, scalable full-stack platform with a focus on system architecture, security, and operational efficiency. | Experience with full-stack application development, cloud platforms, system architecture, and familiarity with AI/LLMs is required, but these are not demonstrated in your background. | About Life Science Connect Life Science Connect is dedicated to uniting life sciences professionals and suppliers to accelerate research, development, and manufacturing. We help professionals discover market opportunities by facilitating mutually beneficial connections between audiences and strategic partners. This accelerates the advancement of life-improving, life-extending, and life-saving therapies and devices. Overview: The Mission We are building a high-performance delivery layer for our platform. In this role you are building the high-performance delivery engine that bridges our Snowflake Warehouse with a headless Next.js frontend. You will own the logic that transforms raw behavioral signals into actionable data, ensuring our delivery layer is as fast as it is intelligent. You will partner directly with and report into the Principal Platform Engineer to craft a hardened, SOC 2-ready ecosystem. If you’re bored by standard CRUD apps and want to build a secure, scalable, and autonomous data orchestration platform, this is the seat as this role operates with a high degree of autonomy and ownership, emphasizing system-level thinking, sound technical judgment, and long-term maintainability. What You'll Do Implementation & Delivery: Own end-to-end full‑stack delivery of features and subsystems, ensuring solutions balance performance, reliability, and maintainability. Architectural Contribution: Contribute to the evolution of our Next.js and React-based architecture, helping translate architectural intent into production systems. Identity & Authentication: Execute the migration and hardening of our authentication flows from legacy providers to Microsoft Entra ID, ensuring seamless SSO, SEO-friendly crawler bypass, and forward-looking support for LLM crawler handling. Technical Specifications (RFCs): Draft and defend technical specifications before cutting code, ensuring alignment across stakeholders. Engineering Values: Build with a mindset of "elegant but not overengineered," reducing operational burden and avoiding unnecessary complexity. Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams including Product, DevOps, Data, and Delivery. What We’re Looking For The ideal candidate is an experienced, self-directed engineer who thrives with ownership and ambiguity. Experience: 6+ years building and operating full-stack applications. Platform Proficiency: Strong in Next.js, React, TypeScript, REST APIs, and a deep understanding of the Headless philosophy and why we decouple systems for operational efficiency. CMS Integration: Experience with headless CMS platforms, ideally Optimizely. Technical Acumen: True full-stack capability across frontend, backend, and system boundaries. Cloud & Infrastructure: Experience with Azure (IaaS/PaaS), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD workflows. Observability: Familiarity with platforms like Datadog or Application Insights. LLM & AI: Curiosity and practical experience leveraging LLMs for augmentation, validation, or async processing via microservices. Teamwork: Strong communicators who collaborate well in distributed teams. Problem-Solving: Ability to translate loosely defined requirements into reliable, maintainable solutions. We Invest in YOU At Life Science Connect, our commitment to empowering innovation and facilitating growth within the life sciences sector extends to our employees. We offer a comprehensive total compensation program designed to support your overall health, financial well-being, and professional development. In addition to a competitive salary, you'll enjoy: Medical/vision/prescription/dental coverage for you and your family 100% company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance 100% company-paid life insurance 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6% 15 vacation days and 6 personal days on day 1 13 company-paid holidays To view all our job postings, visit: lifescienceconnect.com/careers/ Principals only. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies. No visa sponsorship is available for this position.