Description:

BioRender is seeking a Senior or Staff Software Engineer specializing in Site Reliability to join their Platform Engineering team.
The role involves developing and maintaining a resilient, high-performance, and secure platform that supports BioRender's mission to enhance science communication.
Responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and fault-tolerant systems, integrating and deploying applications into the cloud, and establishing observability with actionable alerts.
The engineer will address production issues, restore services, and lead post-mortems to improve engineering excellence.
The ideal candidate should have experience in a fast-paced environment, a passion for scalable platform solutions, and strong problem-solving skills.
The position emphasizes collaboration, effective communication, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Requirements:

Candidates must have 10-12+ years of experience in software, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering.
Strong programming skills in at least two of the following languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or Go are required.
The ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems at scale is essential.
Experience with database performance monitoring and best practices is necessary.
Candidates should be comfortable innovating and establishing new practices, processes, and tooling.
Strong analytical skills and expertise in system design and architecture for cloud applications are required.
Proficiency in CI/CD, configuration management, monitoring, and automation is expected.
Advanced knowledge of observability tools and best practices such as ELK, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana is needed.
Experience with deployment and orchestration using AWS ECS, Kubernetes, or CloudRun is required.
Understanding of Linux, virtualization, networking, VPCs, firewalls, and security groups is necessary.
Hands-on knowledge of AWS and resource provisioning via CLI/API/IaC is required.
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience is mandatory.

BioRender is mission-driven, focusing on improving scientific communication and accelerating scientific discovery.
The company has a strong reputation, with figures appearing in over 54,000 publications and a world-class Net Promoter Score (NPS).
BioRender is backed by top investors and accelerators like Y Combinator, indicating a strong growth trajectory.
The company offers a remote-first work environment, allowing team members to work from anywhere in Canada or the U.S.