Who We Are & What We Do
At Helix, our mission is simple: to help everyone improve their lives through
their DNA.
Ready to make a real-world impact with your skills? At Helix, we're transforming
healthcare by making genomics a standard of care. We partner with health systems
and life science companies to accelerate the integration of genomic data into
clinical practice. Join us in building a future where healthcare is
personalized, proactive, and powered by genomics.
What is special about this role?
The Helix Experience Team builds the software platform and user experiences that
guide patients and providers through their entire genetics journey, from
enrollment through results delivery. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will set
the technical direction for this platform and shape engineering standards across
the organization.
As a Staff Software Engineer - Experience, you will:
Guide and define the strategic technical direction for the Experience
platform and wider Engineering organization.
Shape how Helix Engineering utilizes AI and advance our AI development best
practices.
Direct AI agents to automate entire engineering workflows, including
codifying our prompt libraries and context frameworks.
Design, architect, and implement software systems for our genomic
applications and services, with a focus on the patient and provider
experience.
Drive complex, ambiguous projects from scoping to production with autonomy,
owning the design, architecture and implementation strategy.
Collaborate and lead cross-functional work with product managers, designers,
user experience researchers, scientists, and our business leaders to drive
meaningful outcomes to the business.
Shape the engineering standards, delivery practices, and quality bars within
all of Engineering.
Serve as a dedicated technical mentor, helping grow our next generation of
technical leaders.
Champion durable solutions that eliminate entire categories of technical debt
and raise reliability.
About you:
10+ years of equivalent professional experience as a Software Engineer, with
a track record of impact at scale.
A strong product engineering mindset, with technical decisions anchored in
customer and business outcomes.
Operates with a high degree of autonomy, identifies problems before they're
escalated and drives them to resolution proactively.
Experience implementing and a passion for driving AI adoption in engineering
workflows, with a proven ability to build automated safeguards and
evaluations that validate AI-generated code at scale.
Proficiency with distributed systems built on cloud infrastructure such as
AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Deep full-stack expertise, proficient in a backend language such as Go, Java,
Python, Scala, or Rust.
Familiarity and experience developing and maintaining SPA’s on frameworks
such as React, Next.js, Vue.js or similar using TypeScript/JavaScript.
A track record of raising the technical standards and practices of engineers
beyond your immediate team or department.
Adaptable in a fast-paced startup environment where priorities may change
quickly and frequently.
Pluses:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Familiarity with regulated software systems in any industry, such as HIPAA,
ISO, or FDA.
Experience designing and architecting event-driven architectures.
Experience with AWS serverless infrastructure.
Experience in the life sciences, healthcare, or genomics domain.
Expected Interview Process:
1) Initial Screen 2) Technical Interviews 3) Leadership Interviews 4) Offer
Expected Pay For This Role:
There are 3 distinct parts to your Helix offer: 1) Base Salary 2) Annual
Bonus 3) Equity
Expected Helix Base:
US: $173,000 - $234,500 USD
CA: $173,000 - $218,000 CAD
Expected Helix Discretionary Annual Bonus: 15% of your annual salary
Equity: We offer generous equity at Helix. If you receive a Helix offer your
recruiter will book dedicated time with you to educate you on our equity
model.
Aside from working alongside brilliant, dedicated, passionate, down-to-earth,
curious, warm, and thoughtful people, we also provide great benefits:
Comprehensive Health Insurance with Date of Hire eligibility
Above average employer paid premium coverage
12 weeks Helix Paid Parental Leave option
401(k) with employer matching of up to 3% and 100% Vesting on the Date of
Hire
Comprehensive Well-Being Benefits
Flexible PTO
Remote options for many roles and a home office stipend
What To Expect During Your First 90 days:
First 5 days: You’ll spend time learning the Helix way, completing training
and onboarding for your roles, and getting introduced to your team and
relevant stakeholders. You’ll also gain a deeper understanding of our
customers, our products, the impact we make in the lives of our communities,
and how to thrive at Helix through participation in Helix U.
Day 5 - 30: You’ll spend time contributing to projects, deeply familiarizing
yourself with team and company processes, and developing a deeper
understanding of Helix’s products, services and capabilities.
Day 30 - 90: You’ll build your OKRs with your manager, start to take
ownership of projects and initiatives on your team, and begin to demonstrate
your impact on the Helix mission.
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the recruitment process, please review our Privacy Notice
[https://www.helix.com/privacy-policy].
Helix is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing
employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national
origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition,
genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender
expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation,
military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance
with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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