via Talents By StudySmarter
$120K - 200K a year
Designing and maintaining scalable backend systems, applying AI techniques, and collaborating across teams to develop technical solutions.
3+ years in software development, proficiency in Python frameworks, experience with GenAI, cloud deployment, and soft skills for ambiguous requirements.
About the position Job Title: Sr Full Stack Engineer \/ Technical Lead – on site Location: SF\/Bay Area, California working at a Software Development for Pharma Startup. The Scope\/Responsibilities of Role: System Design: Designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems in a production environment. AI Implementation: Rapidly learning and applying new techniques in LLM development (fine\-tuning, RAG, and prompt engineering). Collaboration: Working across teams including product managers, medical writers, and customer success to translate requirements into technical solutions. Interview Stages : 3\-4, includes a take\-home code assessment. Mission: Accelerating drug development timelines to bring treatments to patients months faster. Hyper\-Growth: Trending at 9x year\-over\-year growth and already working with a handful of the top 20–50 big pharma companies. High Impact: A small team of 7–8 people building products that shape how tens of thousands of people work in \$100B+ organizations. Responsibilities • Designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems in a production environment. • Rapidly learning and applying new techniques in LLM development (fine-tuning, RAG, and prompt engineering). • Working across teams including product managers, medical writers, and customer success to translate requirements into technical solutions. Requirements • Backend Experience: 3+ years in software development; proficiency in building APIs from the ground up using modern Python frameworks (FastAPI, Django, etc.). • AI\/ML: Experience building GenAI applications, complex prompt engineering, data pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and RAG. • Cloud & Infrastructure: Experience deploying\/scaling containerized applications in cloud environments (AWS preferred) and building CI\/CD pipelines. • Soft Skills: Ability to reason through ambiguous requirements and execute quickly without extensive oversight. Nice-to-haves • Infrastructure\-as\-Code: Experience with Terraform or Pulumi. • Regulated Industry: Secure coding practices from industries like fintech or life sciences. • Frontend: Experience with React development. • Domain Knowledge: Knowledge of regulatory requirements in life sciences or similar.
This job posting was last updated on 1/24/2026