Senior Backend Engineer, Search and Recommendations

At BioRender, our mission is to accelerate the world’s ability to learn, discover and communicate science. We are passionate about democratizing science communication in order to accelerate scientific discovery and understanding. We're looking for amazing people to help create the world’s go-to-place and platform where science is communicated. Come join us!

We’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer on our Search and Recommendations team to join our mission in democratizing science communication.

Sample Projects:

• Design and build an offline pipeline for evaluating Search quality 

• Integrate new ML models into Search path

• Investigate and design solutions to reduce Search latency

• Experiment with different ranking strategies to improve relevance 

• Building infrastructure to support personalization efforts

You will:

• Be a member of a cross-functional team: work closely with product, machine learning, data science, design, and science experts to understand and build solutions for our users

• Lead development of new Search and Recommendation features and ranking improvements end-to-end. 

• Iterate on and optimize solutions using online experiments and data analysis

• Evaluate and deploy new ML models, and build on existing third-party integrations

• Contribute to process improvements, hiring/onboarding procedures, enhancing product quality, and optimizing our codebase and tooling.

• Successfully deliver substantial projects with a high level of quality, typically spanning 3 to 6 months.

• Provide mentorship and establish best practices across the engineering team, while promoting an inclusive team culture 

Our ideal fit brings:

• A strong background in backend engineering, with a knack for creating high-performing APIs capable of handling high volumes, especially for search requests.

• Proficiency in Python

• Functional knowledge of productionizing ML/data science models, collaborating closely with ML/data scientists for experimentation, analysis, and validation.

• A track record of designing systems that are simple, scalable, reliable, and performant.

• Enthusiasm for building tools and systems that enhance engineering productivity 

• Expertise with NoSQL databases (like MongoDB), and cloud infrastructure (like AWS). 

• Data platform background is a plus.

• Familiarity with our chosen tools in the JavaScript ecosystem (Node.js, Express.js, ReactJS) is a plus, but an interest in learning those tools and writing code in TypeScript is a must.

Why join us?

• We are mission-driven, and work collaboratively towards our shared vision of improving scientific communication and accelerating scientific discovery: BioRender figures have appeared in more than 16,000 publications! 

• It’s a product that users love! We have a world-class NPS and a community of loyal fans. Check out our Testimonials page to see what our customers are saying about us: https://biorender.com/testimonials/ 

• We are in the top quartile for profitability and year-over-year revenue growth, with users in 200+ countries.

• BioRender is an equal opportunity employer, and an inclusive hiring process and work environment is a part of our DNA. 

• We’re remote-first and have team members across Canada and the United States. A physical office in Toronto is available, but you have the flexibility to work from anywhere. 

• We’re backed by top investors, accelerators, and some of the most successful life science entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the world including Y Combinator, Malala Fund founders, and Fifty Years VC. 

• We are committed to building a warm, inclusive, and diverse environment. Check out how we make sure our employees come first.

Check out our candidate resource - Engineering, Product & Design at BioRender! 

You can also read more about the BioRender interview process and FAQs here!

Check out what it's like to work at BioRender in Canada and the US!

Please note that in Canada, only those companies licensed by a provincial or territorial engineering regulator may refer to themselves as an “engineer” and therefore, this role will be titled "developer" internally at BioRender.