Principal Software Engineer, Valo Health
$267.8-357.5k
Platform for drug development and discovery
Job no longer available
Platform for drug development and discovery
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$267.8-357.5k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make the drug discovery and development process faster, less expensive, and with a higher probability of success.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and leadership
- 5+ years of leading or managing cross-functional teams in business-critical projects
- Experience in creating an effective and inclusive team culture
- Experience building and operating cloud applications and platforms
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with and influence business and technical teams
- A strong understanding of key AWS technologies
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- A background in drug development or another healthcare or biotechnology field
- Experience building data systems that support ML workflows and data lifecycle
- Experience with data warehousing systems
- Experience working with real world medical or genomic data
What the job involves
- Work with our teams to create a long-term architectural roadmap and execution plans to bring our new platform to life
- Design and implement key parts of the platform that provide a sound foundation for the team to become self-directing
- Collaborate with data scientists, life scientists and other stakeholders to drive projects in a highly cross-functional environment
- Help us determine which technologies to invest in, and where existing tools will suffice
- Help hire, train, and mentor new members of the engineering team
- Lead by example to foster a collaborative, agile, outcome-focused, team culture
Our take
Drug development is a critical component of health care. Reducing costs, improving discovery processes, and accelerating drug development are all critical to success in the drug pipeline. Using human-centric data and ML-anchored computation, Valo Health’s integrated drug development platform, known as Opal, improves outcomes in drug development, by leveraging advanced data analysis.
Drug development entails a variety of steps including molecule discovery, clinical development, and target discovery. With the vast amount of data that is generated, a system like Opal incentivizes investment in outcomes that are more likely to correspond with effective treatments. This reduces the number and expense of clinical trials needed to demonstrate drug effectiveness.
There are a variety of competitors in the data-driven drug discovery field, including insitro, Atomwise, and Exscietia, but this vast market should still offer enough space for Valo Health to grow. In 2021, the company experienced a set-back in the surprise calling off of a merger that would have seen it go public, but despite this has continued to operate well and advance towards its goal of transforming the drug development process.
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Insights
-23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2021
$1m
LATE VC
Jul 2021
$33.5m
LATE VC
Total funding: $487.5m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Flexible Time-off
- 401K
- Corporate Engagement Opportunities with Local Non-Profit Organizations
- Commuter Reimbursement
- Fitness Reimbursement
- Pet Insurance
Company HQ
Back Bay East, Boston, MA
Leadership
Brian Alexander
(CEO)Also a Partner at Flagship Pioneering. Previously SVP of Genentech, CEO of Foundation Medicine and was a n Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.
Brett Blackman
(COO)Member of the Board of Directors at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute. Previously Interim Chief Scientific Officer at Omega Therapeutics and was a Strategic R&D Advisor at Ohana Biosciences, Inc.
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