Senior Software Engineer (Backend Developer)

QuartzBio Overview:

QuartzBio (www.quartz.bio ) is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions provider to the life sciences industry. We deliver innovative, data enabling technologies (i.e., software) that provide biotech/pharma (R&D) teams with enterprise-level access to sample/biomarker data management solutions & analytics, information, insight & reporting capabilities.

Our end-to-end (from sample collection to biomarker data) suite of solutions are focused on providing sponsors information (data with context) – we do this by connecting biospecimen, assay as well as clinical data sources in a secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure, enabling seamless, automated data management workflows, key insight development, improved collaboration, and the ability to make faster, more informed decisions.

Position Summary:

As we continue to expand our software engineering team, we are seeking a highly experienced Software Engineer. You will work with a team of software engineers to design, develop, test and maintain software applications. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of software architecture, programming concepts and tools, and be able to work independently to solve complex technical problems.

Key Responsibilities (Shared across Roles):

• Requirement Analysis
  • Translate business requirements into clear, actionable technical documentation that guides development and testing.
  • Understand the purpose of new features and help communicate that purpose to team members.
  • Create design specifications, test plans, and unit tests for individual work scope.
  • Preemptively scan backlogs to surface important issues, apply relevant labels for triaging and tracking, and assist in prioritizing work.
  • Understand work processes and their interdependencies to ensure seamless integration.
• Development & Coding
  • Build new features or enhance existing ones based on defined specifications, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and security.
  • Evaluate existing software systems to identify areas for improvement, optimization, or refactoring.
  • Use profiling tools to identify and optimize inefficient code paths, memory usage, and system responsiveness.
  • Design and implement software systems in accordance with software development standards
  • Write clean, legible, efficient, and well-documented code.
  • Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of assigned tasks, contributi