Software Engineer, 23andMe
$116-174k
2+ days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
Genetic testing and DNA analysis
Be an early applicant
Genetic testing and DNA analysis
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$116-174k
2+ days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome.
Role
Who you are
- 23andMe is looking for an experienced, self-directed Software Engineer for the ancestry services and compute pipelines engineering team
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent education, plus 2 years industry experience
- Expertise building libraries and services in Python, ideally in AWS
- Passion for backend systems engineering
- Hands-on experience working with CI/CD deployment pipelines, Docker containers, and testing frameworks
- A team player attitude with comfortability operating in a highly collaborative environment
What the job involves
- We are responsible for designing, building, and managing large scale services at 23andMe that serve both external and internal customers
- We support backend services that are critical to customer's experience on the website, build libraries in support of internal research, power machine learning and model development
- We are passionate about building services that are performant, scalable, reliable, and secure
- 23andMe has one of the largest databases of genetic data and the challenges we deal with and solve are unique
- You will work within a collaborative environment of small fast-paced development teams that have a mix of veteran engineers and recent graduates
- Design, develop and maintain reliable scalable services, backend APIs and web applications to solve complex large scale engineering challenges at 23andMe
- Develop and support compute pipelines that provide results to customers and internal teams
- Take part in on call rotations for the operational support for mission critical systems
- Build and rely on CI/CD methods and automatic testing to ensure reliable code, continuously delivered
- Collaborate with other engineering teams, product, security to deliver on strategic projects as well as maintain operational excellence of existing services
- Drive technical excellence through code and design reviews
Our take
23andMe offers its customers a vision into their ancestry and health through genetic testing carried out via kits sent through the mail. Results can show users their risk of more than 50 health conditions thanks to a tube of saliva at one end and a lot of technology at the other.
This access to genetic insight has helped the company sell more than 15 million test kits in the last 15 years. This remains the core component of the business. Access to millions of customers DNA however has given the company a vast collection of genetic material, allowing 23andMe to expanded into the drug development space where it is collaborating with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline.
23andMe is not without competition, with other big names including Ancestry and MyHeritage. However, with a valuation of $3.5 billion, it remains one of the largest, with pockets deep enough to pursue many of its growth programs. In mid-2021, the company went public through a SPAC merger with a company founded by Richard Branson. 23andMe intends to use the merger to invest in its health and therapeutics division.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Dec 2020
$82.5m
SERIES F
Jul 2018
$300m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $802.9m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental plans
- Family planning, support, and leave for parents
- Mental healthcare
- Student loan assistance
- Volunteer time off
- Dog friendly office
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
Anne Wojcicki
(CEO)They studied Biology at Yale before working as a Healthcare Analyst for Investor AB, Ardsley Partners, Andor Capital, and Passport Capital for a combined 7 years. They leveraged this clinical experience to found 23andMe in 2006.
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