Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Wave Life Sciences is a biotechnology company focused on developing RNA medicines to transform human health. The company is seeking a full stack software engineer to build, modernize, and scale internal applications and services supporting scientific and operational workflows, including backend APIs, frontend interfaces, workflow automation, and data-driven applications.
Responsibilities
- Design and build backend services and APIs that are reliable, well-tested, and built to last
- Build and maintain user-facing interfaces using React or modern frontend frameworks
- Own features end-to-end — from API design to UI implementation
- Shape technical direction by contributing to architecture discussions and design decisions
- Elevate engineering quality through thoughtful code reviews and by championing best practices
Skills
- Bachelor's with 8 years of related experience, Master's with 6 years of related experience
- Experience building full stack applications — both backend APIs and frontend UIs in a production environment
- Hands-on experience with Python and at least one backend web framework (Flask, FastAPI, or similar)
- Proficiency with React or a modern frontend framework
- Strong foundation in software engineering best practices — testing, clean code, and maintainability
- A track record of reviewing production code and providing constructive, actionable feedback
- Familiarity with relational databases and data modeling
- Comfort with version control, automated testing, and CI/CD workflows
- Strong communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to navigate ambiguity
- Full stack ownership — taking a feature from API design to UI polish
- Engineering judgment — making thoughtful trade-offs between speed, quality, and complexity
- Readable, maintainable code — writing for the next developer, not just the current sprint
- Pragmatic problem-solving — finding the right solution, not just the clever one
- Ownership and accountability — following through from design to deployment
- Continuous improvement — always looking for ways to make the codebase better
- Clear communication — explaining ideas, decisions, and trade-offs with clarity
- Experience designing scalable systems using microservices architecture preferred
- Experience with microfrontend architecture preferred
- Experience working with distributed or offshore engineering teams preferred
- Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks preferred
- Experience modernizing legacy systems or workflows preferred
- Background in scientific, analytical, or data-driven environments preferred
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Discretionary stock-based long-term incentives
- Company-sponsored medical insurance
- Company-sponsored dental insurance
- Company-sponsored vision insurance
- Company-sponsored life insurance
- Company-sponsored long-term disability insurance
- Company-sponsored short-term disability insurance
- Generous paid time off, including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter
- 401K participation with matching contributions
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
Company Overview
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