Lead Software Engineer, Platform

PostEra

Senior Software Engineer at PostEra managing systems design decisions for drug discovery platform. Leading technical projects and mentoring engineers within a collaborative environment.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowDjangoKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Helping PostEra deliver on its mission of getting therapies to patients by shaping systems design decisions around our drug discovery platform
Keeping close to the codebase by helping build and improve the platform upon which our team delivers features
Leading by example, championing best practices in software development and engineering culture
Making well thought out decisions about system architecture, including API design, application boundaries, and microservice communication
Fostering an environment of learning and improvement within our engineering team
Mentoring engineers through direct technical collaboration and managing a small team of direct reports
Collaborating with scientists and ML experts to tackle challenges contributing to the discovery of novel medicines
Driving projects focused on enhancing our engineering framework and implementing monitoring solutions that offer real-time insights into our applications' performance

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of professional software engineering experience and a bachelor's degree (or more advanced education) to succeed in this role
Experience in systems design and backend web development
Strong communication skills
Experience with technical mentorship focus or people management responsibilities
Expertise in a python based backend web framework (we use Django, for example)
Experience integrating ML systems into production services/software
Familiarity with container orchestration or workflow systems (like: Kubernetes, Kubeflow, Argo, Airflow)
Have some familiarity with data pipelines
Experience with designing agentic workflows/context engineering

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Flexible work hours
Professional development budget
Home office setup allowance
Global team events

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringsystems designbackend web developmentPythonDjangomachine learning integrationcontainer orchestrationKubernetesKubeflowdata pipelines

Soft Skills

communicationtechnical mentorshippeople managementleadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingteam buildinglearning and improvementdecision makingbest practices advocacy