Senior Software Engineer

23andMe • Bachelor's Degree • Python • 9 days ago

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$160k – $200k per year

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In office (Palo Alto)

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Senior · 4+ years exp

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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 16, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jul 30, 2026.

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23andMe

23andMe pioneered direct-to-consumer genetic testing built around a mail-in saliva kit. Customers receive ancestry breakdowns and reports on inherited traits and health predispositions. The company also built one of the largest consented genotype databases used for therapeutic research.

23andme.com • HQ: Sunnyvale, United States • Genomics & Genetic Testing • 11-50 employees • Est. 2006

Tech stack of 23andMe

Backed by NEA, GV, Sapphire Ventures

Join 23andMe, a leading genetic testing company, as a Senior Software Engineer. In this role, you will design, build, and operate backend services and data stores that turn raw genetic data into customer-facing results at scale. You will leverage AI tooling to automate testing, accelerate feature delivery, and ship with confidence through robust CI/CD pipelines. You will also partner with product, science, and engineering teams to translate requirements into reliable, scalable systems. Additionally, you will build AI-powered data pipelines that deliver personalized health and ancestry insights directly to customers, and debug production incidents to ensure services are back online.

Missions

Design, build, and operate backend services and data stores for genetic data.
Leverage AI tooling to automate testing, accelerate feature delivery, and ship with confidence.
Partner with product, science, and engineering teams to translate requirements into reliable systems.

Profil recherché

- Experience operating distributed systems at scale: debugging, observability, performance tuning

- Deep, hands-on Python: libraries, services, data pipelines

- Hands-on experience working with CI/CD deployment pipelines and testing frameworks

- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent; 4+ years of industry experience

- Infrastructure as code experience, ideally in Terraform on AWS, containerized in Docker

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