What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Software Engineer position at Twist Bioscience?
Staff Software Engineer
We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to join our dynamic team and work on the design, development, implementation, and support of customers facing APIs. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of software applications, a proven ability to identify and resolve complex system issues, and experience working within a complex architectural ecosystem.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable software systems using technologies such as Python, Ruby on Rails, Angular, and JavaScript.
- Architect and implement robust APIs, web services, and backend systems.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, other engineering teams, partners on B2B integrations to define project requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Participate in requirements gathering, technical specification, design, and development of software for customer-facing applications
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across the full software stack.
- Ensure best practices in software development, including continuous integration, testing, and code quality.
What You’ll Bring to the Team:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- 8 years of experience delivering commercial cloud-based software applications
- Self-starter with a strong work ethic and desire to write clean maintainable code
- Experience as a technical lead throughout the full software development lifecycle
- Experience in Python, Ruby on Rails with a proven track record of building large-scale applications.
- Expertise in technologies such as Angular, Node.js, Django, JavaScript for building dynamic, responsive front-end applications.
- Extensive experience working with databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB
- Experience in cloud-based development using AWS including Lambda applications
- Experience with Message Queuing frameworks such as RabbitMQ and Kafka
- Expert knowledge of REST API development
- Solid understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and best practices
- including Microservices, CI/CD, and container-based technologies.
- Working knowledge of Git and familiarity with the Github workflow
- Have familiarity with MES or LIMS systems
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
About Twist Bioscience
Twist Bioscience synthesizes genes from scratch, known as “writing” DNA. Just as children learn to both read and write, the next phase of development for the genomics revolution is the ability to write DNA.
At Twist Bioscience, we work in service of people who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as health care, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, our unique silicon-based DNA Synthesis Platform provides precision at a scale that is otherwise unavailable to our customers.
Twist Bioscience Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Twist Bioscience Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic characteristics, or any other category protected by law.
