Software Engineer

Science is a clinical stage, vertically integrated technology company focused on solving some of neuroscience’s hardest questions and most serious unmet medical needs. We work to restore quality of life to those with debilitating conditions for which there are no treatment options, creating devices aimed at restoring vision, cognition, and mobility to patients who have lost it. To support progress across our industry, we provide state-of-the-art components and vertically integrated infrastructure for others to build on via Science Foundry.

Science is developing a software platform that will touch every part of the company, from collecting neural data to tracking devices through assembly to streamlining purchasing. We are looking for an experienced web engineer to join onsite in Alameda, CA to help build out this platform, in close collaboration with a world-class team of scientists and engineers. You will work with the microfabrication, biology, animal behavior, surgery, and ops teams to build tools that they will use every day. Great communication skills are a must, and we're looking for technical and product judgment above all: can you ask the right questions to absorb other people’s mental models, then turn around and build things that make sense for the situation, quickly?

Key Qualifications

• 2+ years as a web software engineer, including significant depth in both frontend and backend engineering.


• Ability to act as your own product manager and track down the next project that will be most immediately useful for the least coding effort.


• A strong sense of when it's appropriate to address mounting technical debt, and when to keep building new features.


• Demonstrated ability to quickly ship with little oversight in a chaotic startup environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Our stack is Rails / React / Typescript / PostgreSQL. Experience with at least some of these technologies is a major plus.


• Experience with app deployment / devops.


• A healthy distrust of the cloud.

Salary/Pay Range:

Science is required under California law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. We determine your level based on your interview performance and make an offer based on the indicated salary band. The base salary range for this full-time position is $120,000 – $210,000 annually + equity + benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by several factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please keep in mind that the equity portion of the offer is not included in these numbers.

Benefits:

At Science, our benefits are in place to support the whole you:

• Competitive salary and equity


• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance


• Flexible vacation and company-paid holidays


• Healthy meals and snacks provided onsite


• Paid parental, jury duty, bereavement, family care and medical leave


• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Science


• Flexible Spending Account


• 401(k)

Science Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do their best work.

We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Science will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.