Senior Software Engineer

Location: Portland, OR (in office two days a week)

Kivo is a modern cloud-based platform that helps life sciences teams manage regulated content across clinical, quality, and regulatory workflows. We’re powering the next generation of biotech with a product that’s intuitive, compliant, and ready to scale.

We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help define architecture, own entire areas of feature development, and drive complex technical initiatives across the stack. You’ll join a small but high-leverage engineering team with a strong culture of quality, testing, and pragmatism.

This is a senior IC role. We need someone who can ship, guide, and collaborate at scale — across codebases, stakeholders, and product areas.

• Lead the design and evolution of Kivo’s cloud-native architecture
• Write production-grade code in TypeScript (Node.js and React)
• Drive the execution of critical projects — infrastructure improvements, new platform capabilities, performance optimizations, etc.
• Set the bar for quality through code reviews, testing, and mentorship
• Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and Validation teams to ensure releases are correct, compliant, and complete
• Help shape and refine our SDLC, tooling, and technical standards
• Triage technical debt and continuously improve system resilience, observability, and test coverage

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years at a staff or principal level
• Expertise in our stack: TypeScript, React, Postgres, API-first design
• Experience building and scaling cloud-native, multi-tenantSaaS platforms
• Strong understanding of SDLC best practices: CI/CD, code review, test automation, and release validation
• Comfortable navigating a regulated environment (validation, traceability, change control, etc.) or eager to learn
• Pragmatic about process, but obsessive about product quality
• Capable of mentoring other engineers (including quality and support) and leading without hierarchy

• Experience with SOC2, 21 CFR Part 11, or similar frameworks
• Prior work on platforms for document management, collaboration, or life sciences
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code, DevOps tooling, or systems observability

• High-impact role on a small, elite engineering team
• Build software that matters — our platform helps life sciences companies bring therapies to market
• Remote-first company with flexible hours
• Strong product-market fit and rapidly growing customer base
• Competitive compensation + equity
• Transparent leadership and a supportive, fast-moving culture