Software Engineer, Valar Labs

Salary not provided

React

AWS

Docker

JavaScript

Node.js

Junior and Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Palo Alto, CA

AI-powered cancer diagnostics

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AI-powered cancer diagnostics

21-100 employees

HealthcareB2BArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechSaaSMedTech

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

React

AWS

Docker

JavaScript

Node.js

Junior and Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Palo Alto, CA

21-100 employees

HealthcareB2BArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechSaaSMedTech

Company mission

To remove the uncertainty from cancer treatment decisions, so physicians and patients don’t have to make educated guesses about therapy selection.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
Strong full stack fundamentals in JavaScript, React and Node
Experience with Docker, AWS and production deployments
Daily fluency with agentic coding tools such as Claude Code and Codex, and judgment about where they help
2+ years of software engineering experience; exceptional new grads welcome
(Optional) Experience building LLM powered products or working in healthcare

What the job involves

Build agentic AI pipelines that automate clinical and operational workflows
Design the evals and guardrails that make agent driven work trustworthy in a clinical setting
Build our clinician facing portal used daily by oncologists, pathologists and care teams
Develop and optimize production environments running AI models to serve thousands of patients
Ship full stack features in a fast-paced daily cadence from prototype to production in a HIPAA environment

Our take

About 1 in 5 people develop cancer in their lifetime, so finding better ways to treat it is a priority. Valar Labs is attempting to revolutionise cancer treatments with its AI-driven diagnostics.

The company specialises in analysing tumour microenvironments using computational histology AI (CHAI) tests to predict patient responses to therapies. This approach allows physicians to make informed, patient-specific decisions about cancer treatment, reducing uncertainty and improving outcomes.

The company has published numerous peer-reviewed studies that show its potential across multiple cancer types. Looking ahead, Valar Labs aims to expand its diagnostic capabilities, continuing to enhance precision oncology and improve patient outcomes globally. The significant funding it has raised will certainly help it on its way.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

May 2024

$22m

SERIES A

Apr 2022

$4m

SEED

Total funding: $26m

Company benefits

Stock options - Every FTE becomes an employee and a shareholder
Health and Wellness - We offer generous coverage at no cost to FTEs, including medical, dental, and vision (we also offer dependent coverage at reasonable costs)
Retirement - FTEs are able to contribute into a traditional or a Roth 401(k) retirement savings account to build for the future
Flexible PTO - We offer a flexible time off policy so you can use it when you need it and recharge, without having to accrue hours

Company HQ

Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA

Leadership

Anirudh Joshi

(CEO & Co-founder)

Previously worked as a Deep Learning Researcher for PathAI and Curai. Prior to this, they worked as an Applied Scientist in Deep Learning for Microsoft.

Viswesh Krishna

(CTO & Co-founder)

Also founded Kanna, and is a Research Assistant at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL).

Damir Vrabac

(COO & Co-founder)

Worked as a Machine Learning Intern for iZettle, and was a Researcher for Stanford University in Machine Learning.

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