Fullstack Product Engineer
Full-time•hybrid•South San Francisco•$155k - $195k+ Competitive undiluted equity
About this role
This is a complex, operations-heavy business — we move physical DNA around the world faster than anyone else, process terabytes of sequencing data per day. We’re looking for someone who can own critical backend systems that directly power our logistics, finance, and data integrations. There are certainly aspects of being a “forward-deployed engineer” as you work closely with teams across the company to solve problems in real time, architect new systems, and make the world’s fastest DNA sequencing company even faster. We care deeply about outcomes — balancing long-term architecture with delivering the 80% solution quickly when it moves the business forward.
You’ll work across backend services and user-facing workflows that power our impact on the biotech ecosystem, wearing many hats including:
Logistics: Developing services and integrating APIs that support our global operations, coordinating couriers, labs, and robotics systems around the world.
Finance: Building reliable billing and payment systems to streamline invoicing, reconciliation, and pricing workflows — working directly with stakeholders to iterate on solutions that actually reduce friction.
Data Integrations: Designing REST APIs and backend services that allow customers to seamlessly integrate sequencing results into their internal tools and lab notebooks.
Operational Systems at Scale: Evolving backend systems that orchestrate high-volume workflows and data pipelines, ensuring reliability and speed as we grow.
The ideal balance is roughly 70% backend and 30% frontend. You’ll primarily focus on backend systems (Python, APIs, data modeling), but should be comfortable building and iterating on user-facing features when needed. This is a product-oriented full stack role.
Every member of our engineering team is highly valued and has the opportunity to grow quickly. Together, we’re building the infrastructure that will define the future of DNA sequencing.
About Plasmidsaurus
Plasmidsaurus is on a mission to accelerate new cures and promote a healthier planet by unlocking a new level of productivity for scientists who use DNA tools to bring their ideas to life. Our DNA sequencing tools are used daily by thousands of innovators, including Nobel prize winners, dynamic biotech startups, research labs, and DIY biohackers. Our global network of labs operates day and night to enable world-changing discoveries. In 2025, we’re going to save these scientists 4 million hours of time, radically accelerating their research. Every team member at Plasmidsaurus plays a crucial role in driving forward the future of biotech research.DNA sequencing is fundamental to a biologist’s daily workflow. Just like software engineers program computers in code, biologists program life in DNA - they do this every day. However, every time a biologist updates their DNA (via a chemical process), they have to sequence the DNA to make sure the update works. That’s where we come in! We sequence DNA overnight (and same-day). Our global logistics network transports tubes of DNA from a scientist’s hand from anywhere in the world to one of our 10 labs in under 12 hours. Our technicians come in the evening/sunrise to load our robots which process the samples. By the next morning, the scientists have their results and begin their next round of experiments. We made this process 30 times cheaper and 10 times faster. Scientists love this.
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Plasmidsaurus offers a competitive compensation package for the Fullstack Product Engineer role. The salary range is USD 155k - 195k per year, plus Competitive undiluted equity equity. Apply through Clera to learn more about the full compensation details.
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The Fullstack Product Engineer position at Plasmidsaurus offers a hybrid work arrangement, with office presence required in South San Francisco, United States. This combines the flexibility of remote work with in-person collaboration.
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