About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer to lead the technical development of our internal healthcare and bioinformatics platform.
You will be the technical anchor of a small, agile team, responsible for architecture decisions, complex implementations, and mentoring junior developers. This is a high-impact role where you'll shape the foundation of a platform designed for enterprise compliance and scale.
What You'll Do
- Lead the technical architecture and implementation of a full-stack healthcare/biotech platform
- Design and build secure, scalable backend services using Python/FastAPI
- Develop responsive, data-rich frontend interfaces using React/TypeScript
- Architect database schemas and optimize queries in PostgreSQL
- Implement authentication systems (LDAP, Azure AD, internal auth) with RBAC
- Build real-time features using WebSockets/SSE
- Integrate with bioinformatics pipelines and orchestrate background processing
- Establish coding standards, conduct code reviews, and mentor junior developers
- Ensure compliance with healthcare data regulations (HIPAA, ISO 27001)
- Collaborate with product and design teams to translate requirements into technical solutions
What You'll Bring
Must Have:
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong proficiency in Python (FastAPI, Django, or Flask)
- Strong proficiency in React with TypeScript
- Solid experience with PostgreSQL (schema design, optimization, migrations)
- Experience with Redis (caching, queuing, pub/sub)
- Familiarity with Celery or similar task queue systems
- Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
- Understanding of RESTful API design and authentication (JWT, OAuth2)
- Experience with Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI preferred)
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and mentoring abilities
Good to Have:
- Experience in healthcare, biotech, or life sciences domain
- Familiarity with bioinformatics tools or pipelines
- Experience with compliance requirements (HIPAA, ISO 27001, SOC 2)
- Knowledge of monorepo tooling (pnpm, Nx, Turborepo)
- Experience with Grafana/Prometheus monitoring stack
- Exposure to ML integration or ML-ready backend architectures
Tech Stack You'll Work With Layer & Technologies are as follows
Frontend - React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS
Backend - Python, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic
Database - PostgreSQL, Redis
Queue - Celery
DevOps - Docker, GitLab CI, Grafana, Prometheus
Auth - JWT, LDAP, Azure AD/Entra ID
Why Join Decode Age?
- Work at the intersection of technology and longevity science
- Greenfield project — shape architecture from the ground up
- High-impact role in a small, focused team
- Career growth as the technical leader of a critical product
- Build software that directly impacts healthcare outcomes
- Be part of a company pushing boundaries in personalized health