Backend Software Engineer, Dotmatics
Node.js, LabArchives
$103-140k
R&D solutions for digital transformation
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R&D solutions for digital transformation
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$103-140k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build the most powerful scientific R&D platform in the world.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for people with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent combination of education and 9+ years of experience, along with a technology enthusiast’s mindset and a passion for learning and continuous improvement
- You will bring deep hands-on experience in backend and database development, and be comfortable collaborating closely with team members across several departments
- Strong server-side development experience with Node.js, including building and maintaining APIs and services
- Hands-on experience with synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns
- Ability to read, understand, and work within Ruby, preferably with experience in Ruby on Rails
- Familiarity with database design, query optimization, and data modeling
- Solid grounding in object-oriented and functional programming paradigms
- Working knowledge of modern JavaScript (ES6+) and RESTful API design
- Familiarity with automated testing tools and CI/CD pipelines
Desirable
- Hands-on experience working on SaaS products in a regulated or research-focused industry
- Exposure to security best practices and secure API design (e.g., authentication, authorization, data protection)
- Basic familiarity with front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue, enough to collaborate effectively with front-end teammates
- Interest in scientific or educational technology and its impact on how research gets done
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join the LabArchives team, a small, dedicated group building industry-leading Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN), Inventory, and Scheduler products used by researchers and institutions around the globe
- In this role, you will partner closely with product, operations, and support teams to design, build, and maintain the backend systems that power the LabArchives suite of products. You will have a substantial impact on our development process and our products, applying your passion for technology to all of our systems and processes while helping grow LabArchives globally
- Collaborate with product, operations, and support team members to design, develop, and maintain the backend services and APIs behind the LabArchives suite of products
- Iteratively plan, build, test, and release new backend features, primarily in Node.js
- Read, understand, and contribute to our existing Ruby on Rails codebase as needed
- Create and maintain a robust unit test suite, and participate in the creation and expansion of our automation test framework
- Participate in code reviews, security audits, and performance and scalability evaluations
Our take
Scientific breakthroughs require collaboration in research efforts, but the challenge of obtaining and using meaningful scientific data is generally a major choke point, delaying and even derailing projects that could otherwise have yielded major discoveries. Dotmatics was founded to solve this problem, providing a collaborative R&D platform that could keep up with the evolving data challenges facing research teams.
Dotmatics' platform connects and organizes disparate sources of scientific data for use in research work, and supplements this with a range of applications to allow for collaboration, reporting and improved workflows. Its solution is used by more than two million researchers worldwide and has been adopted by major firms such as Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb and Moderna.
Having recently been acquired by Siemens, Dotmatics is entering a new phase of scale and ambition. By combining its scientific intelligence platform with Siemens' AI capabilities, Digital Twin technology, and global industrial software footprint, the company is ready to extend its impact from research labs tof ully manufacturing value chains. The deal not only expands Siemens' total addressable market by $11B but also creates a first-of-its-kind digital thread connecting R&D through production in Life Science. For Dotmatics, the acquisitions shows the strategic importance of solving the scientific data bottleneck and signals that its platform is set to play an even larger role in accelerating breakthrough innovation worldwide.
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Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Bulfinch Triangle Historic District, Boston, MA
Leadership
Thomas Swalla
(CEO)Previously served as CEO at GraphPad, Student Brands, and Duel Commerce.
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