We’re looking for a full-stack engineer who’s most excited about backend systems, data modeling, and infrastructure. You’ll join a small, collaborative team that builds the technology behind Drug Hunter’s platform.
This role is mostly remote, but our team gets together periodically in person to plan, collaborate, and build together. We’re a small group, so everyone wears multiple hats and contributes where the need is greatest. That said, your focus will be on backend-related projects such as APIs, data integrations, and infrastructure.
Responsibilities- Design and develop APIs and backend services (NestJS/Node.js, Python)
- Implement and maintain data models and integrations between systems
- Build and manage background job queues (BullMQ, Redis)
- Work across the stack when needed (e.g. connect backend APIs to front-end apps)
- Set up and maintain development and QA environments across the stack
- Deploy and operate services in Docker and Kubernetes
- Monitor and optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability
- Automate workflows and infrastructure tasks (Python, Bash)
- Collaborate on architecture for scalable, maintainable backend systems
Requirements
- Strong experience with modern backend frameworks (NestJS or similar)
- Solid understanding of API design and data modeling
- Comfortable in Linux server environments and with containerization
- Experience with relational databases (postgres)
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Proficient with JavaScript/TypeScript and some front-end exposure (React, Next.js, etc.)
- Strong Python scripting skills for automation and data tasks
- Understanding of environment management (dev, QA, prod)
- Experience with distributed systems, queues, and caching
- CI/CD pipeline experience
- Cloud platform familiarity (AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean)
- ETL or data pipeline experience
- React Native Experience (Expo)
Benefits
- Join a fast-growing company making a real impact in drug discovery
- Work with a sharp, passionate, mission-driven team
- Shape the software development at a high-growth inflection point
- Competitive salary and equity, healthcare, 401(k), flexible PTO, and remote-friendly culture
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What We Do
Drug Hunter™ is an essential subscription service for R&D-focused organizations turning molecules into medicines.
Every day, drug discovery strategies, tactics, challenges and solutions are disclosed, but the knowledge is fragmented across journals, conferences, patents, databases, news, company reports, filings and endless other sources, making it challenging to find and apply.
Drug Hunter’s experts keep you current by connecting the dots, distilling industry lessons from thousands of sources into a one-of-a-kind searchable platform for drug discovery knowledge you can apply to make better decisions and solve critical discovery challenges.
Founded and run by a team of industry scientists, Drug Hunter now serves >200 innovative institutions worldwide including top pharma and biotech companies, investors, and non-profits.
