Senior Software Engineer

SUMMARY
Company Stage: Seed 3 Million
Employer Tech Stack: Ruby on Rails, React
Acceptable Tech Background: React, Python, Ruby on Rails
Company Size: ~6
Engineering Team Size: ~3
Address: Chicago, IL, 60615

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Our mission at Halo is to move science forward. Incubated at the University of Chicago, our platform connects scientists directly with companies that can help bring their innovations to market. We work with the R&D teams at some of the world’s largest companies – including PepsiCo, Bayer, Baxter, Georgia-Pacific, Reckitt and P&G – on topics ranging from sustainability to human health. Since going live in January 2020, more than 2,000 scientists from 65 countries and 6 continents have joined. We are funded by Village Global, the venture firm backed by Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman and other tech luminaries.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Halo is currently in search of a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and help grow the platform from early-stage product/market fit to massive scale. Bootstrapped with no marketing spend, Halo signed 12 Fortune 500 customers and reached $500k in ARR. Following its recent fundraise, Halo is at a critical inflection point and looking for a player/coach engineer interested in taking on a leadership role. As engineering lead, you will have an outsized impact on product direction and the overall success of the company. While the opportunity in front of us is large - the $2 trillion global R&D market - your work will also help accelerate scientific innovations that impact our world.

What you'll do:

• Work with the CEO and design team to develop product roadmap, break down technical projects into milestones and prioritize features according to customer needs, effort and impact
• Hands-on coding
• Establish and maintain efficient process for QA and testing
• Identify and drive the adoption of new technologies and engineering best practices
• Coach junior engineers, provide constructive feedback on code reviews and cultivate a culture of learning, iteration, and continuous progress

Who you are:

• You have 4+ years of software development experience with full-stack web applications
• You are highly proficient in React and Rails. If not Rails, you are highly proficient in Django or have shown a demonstrated ability to learn new languages quickly. Bonus points if you have DevOps experience with an emphasis on AWS
• You have experience collaborating with design and product teams in a fast-paced, ever-changing startup environment
• You have an entrepreneurial mindset with excellent product instincts and communication skills
• You have a track record of owning and successfully executing technical projects
• You are a player/coach who wants to lead an engineering team in the near future
• You seek out and appreciate feedback while not being shy to share your own
• You love rolling up your sleeves and building things from scratch
• You take your work seriously but don’t take yourself too seriously. While technically a job, this shouldn’t feel like work because you're inspired by the mission and energized by the challenge