Advancements in AI and drug discovery are creating more candidate drugs than the industry can progress because of the high cost and time of clinical trials. Recognizing that this development bottleneck may ultimately limit the number of new medicines that can reach patients, Formation Bio, founded in 2016 as TrialSpark Inc., has built technology platforms, processes, and capabilities to accelerate all aspects of drug development and clinical trials. Formation Bio partners, acquires, or in-licenses drugs from pharma companies, research organizations, and biotechs to develop programs past clinical proof of concept and beyond, ultimately helping to bring new medicines to patients. The company is backed by investors across pharma and tech, including a16z, Sequoia, Sanofi, Thrive Capital, Sam Altman, John Doerr, Spark Capital, SV Angel Growth, and others.
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- Our Vision for AI in Pharma
- Our Current Drug Portfolio
- Our Technology & Platform
At Formation Bio, our values are the driving force behind our mission to revolutionize the pharma industry. Every team and individual at the company shares these same values, and every team and individual plays a key part in our mission to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently.
As a Developer Experience (DevEx) Engineer you will play an important role in shaping the future of drug development at Formation Bio. This position involves enabling our engineers to work at peak efficiency so that we can ship value-adding product features faster, without toil or roadblocks.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with engineers, analysts, data scientists, and domain experts in the drug development field to design, build, and implement workflow-optimizations. You will develop high-quality, user-friendly software tools and design and implement productivity patterns that enable our engineers to work efficiently.
This position is ideal for an engineer who is passionate about continuous improvement, highly productive and efficient software development, and finding the optimal developer experience. Your expertise in software development, automation, user experience, and process improvement will be instrumental in driving Formation Bio’s mission to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently.
- Consult with engineers on the processes for developing and deploying mission-critical software services.
- Develop and maintain developer workstation tools that automate repetitive or burdensome administrative tasks to reduce the level of effort and cognitive load associated with infrastructure, deployments, CI/CD systems, updates, supply chain management, etc.
- Develop and maintain application templates used by engineers as a “starting point” for new services.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD workflow templates and implementations for products.
- Maintain an up-to-date awareness of industry best practices and help incorporate relevant and useful changes into our workflows to improve our state-of-the-art.
- Write, review, and provide feedback on requirements and design documents as well as operating and maintenance procedures.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 3-5 years experience as a software or infrastructure engineer focusing on tooling and automation.
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills to effectively engage and work along stakeholders from diverse disciplines and varying levels of technical expertise.
- Experience using Docker, Python, Django, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Node, NestJS, MikroORM (as many as possible).
- Experience with CLI tool development for Linux and MacOS using Bash and/or ZSH.
- Experience with CLI tool development on Windows/WSL is a plus, but not required.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and the full end-to-end process of modern software development in a containerized environment.
- Familiarity with CircleCI, HashiCorp Vault, Postgres preferred.
- Experience in a regulated industry (especially pharmaceuticals or biotech) is a plus, but not required.
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What We Do
Formation Bio is a tech-driven pharma company differentiated by radically more efficient drug development. Formation Bio has built a technology platform that optimizes all aspects of drug development, enabling more efficient trial design, faster trial completion, and higher quality trial data capture.
Formation Bio acquires clinical-stage drugs from pharma and biotech and develops them faster and more efficiently, unlocking greater value per program and accelerating access to new treatments for patients.
Join our culture of innovation where your work directly contributes to transforming patient care in areas such as rheumatology, dermatology, CNS, and cardiometabolic diseases. Our dynamic environment blends advanced technology with strategic drug development, speeding up the delivery of new treatments. Here, every role plays a part in our mission to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently.
Why Work With Us
Our mission is our roadmap and north star. We are an impact-driven culture that hires for intelligence and low egos. We believe that the best employees are both smart and ambitious, but also demonstrate humility and curiosity.
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