Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack

This role will contribute both to new visualization platform development and to the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of existing visualization software that is widely used by internal development teams as well as by users in the field.

Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain high‑performance visualization tools capable of handling large‑scale, high‑dimensional data

Contribute to the architecture and implementation of new visualization features and workflows that support internal development and field use.

Maintain and improve existing visualization applications to ensure reliability, performance, and usability.

Collaborate closely with scientists, engineers, and other stakeholders to translate complex data and requirements into intuitive visual representations.

Diagnose and resolve performance, scalability, and usability issues in production visualization software.

Write clear, maintainable, and well‑tested code following established software engineering best practices.

Develop and enhance automated integration system, test framework and unit tests

Requirements:

Experience developing production‑quality software in one or more modern programming languages.

Experience with data visualization, UI/UX for technical users, or interactive data exploration tools.

Familiarity with handling large datasets and performance‑sensitive applications.

Familiarity with AI-assisted development tool (e.g. Github Copilot, Cursor)

Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

Extensive experience developing front-end user interfaces with Angular/React, TypeScript, WebGL, WebAssembly, CSS

Extensive experience developing back-end microservices (e.g. Python, C#)

Proficiency in desktop and web application development (such as Electron, etc)

Proficient with source control management repositories (such as GIT, SVN, etc.)

Experience building AI-driven interfaces that translate complex model outputs into intuitive, actionable UI components and data visualizations

Desired:

Experience with Python and Python visualization libraries

Experience with scientific, bioinformatics, or other high‑throughput data domains.

Experience optimizing visualization pipelines for large or streaming datasets.

Exposure to maintaining and evolving legacy or widely deployed software systems.

Experience working with users in both development and field environments.

Be customer-focused, team-oriented, and motivated, taking ownership of assigned tasks

Have proven ability to self-manage, as well as manage interdisciplinary relationships

Have proven verbal and written communication skills

Education & Experience:

BS/MS in Computer Science, EE, Bioinformatics, or related field

5+ years of professional software development experience

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