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Clinical operations and finance live in disconnected worlds, forcing teams to make high-stakes decisions using fragmented tools and static data.\nCondor exists to change that. We are a system of action, building the financial intelligence layer that will power the next era of clinical development. Condor connects clinical operations, vendor activity, and financial signals into a single, real-time intelligence layer, giving R&D and finance leaders true command over how their organizations operate. Our platform is pharma-native, AI-driven infrastructure - built around an operation layer of guarded, audited business logic, a bitemporal source of truth, and AI agents that reason over real clinical and financial data. We are a high-growth Series A company backed by Insight Partners, Felicis, and 645 Ventures, growing rapidly with Top 200 biopharma companies.\nAbout Condor\nEvery year, hundreds of billions of dollars are invested to discover and develop new therapies, yet the financial infrastructure behind that work has not kept pace. Clinical operations and finance live in disconnected worlds, forcing teams to make high-stakes decisions using fragmented tools and static data.\nCondor exists to change that. We are a system of action, building the financial intelligence layer that will power the next era of clinical development. Condor connects clinical operations, vendor activity, and financial signals into a single, real-time intelligence layer, giving R&D and finance leaders true command over how their organizations operate.\nCondor is pharma-native, AI-driven infrastructure built to scale industry standards we helped define with Big 4 partners. It powers prediction, control, and execution across the most complex R&D environments in the world.\nWhy This Matters Now\nCondor has moved past proving the concept. Enterprise teams already trust Condor to run critical operations and finance. The work ahead is the hardest part: scaling something people depend on when the stakes are this high.\nCondor is a high-growth company backed by top institutional partners like Felicis and 645 Ventures, growing rapidly with Top 200 biopharma companies. This is a rare opportunity to help build foundational infrastructure that will shape how new therapies reach patients.\nThe Role\nWe are looking for a Technical Engineering Lead to drive the design, delivery, and quality of the systems behind Condor's financial intelligence platform. This is a hands-on leadership role: you lead first and foremost through your own technical work-architecture, code, and the hardest problems-and you bring a team with you as you do it.\nYou will be one of the strongest engineers on the team and the person others look to when the problem is ambiguous or the stakes are high. You will own significant parts of the platform end-to-end, from technical design through production, and you will be accountable for the correctness and reliability of systems that enterprise biopharma teams trust to run mission-critical finance and operations.\nYou will also own how work gets delivered. You will partner closely with product to shape what gets built and why, break complex initiatives into a clear plan, and drive them to production with rigor and predictability. As a lead, you will guide a small team of engineers-setting technical direction, reviewing their work, mentoring them, and helping grow the team through hiring-while staying deeply in the code yourself.\nThis role is for an engineer who leads by example, executes with conviction, and is never above doing the groundwork with the team to ship something that matters.\nKey Responsibilities\nTechnical execution (primary)\nOwn the architecture and implementation of major parts of the platform, from design through production, staying hands-on in code and on the critical path.\n\nSolve the hardest and most ambiguous technical problems, and set the standard for engineering quality, correctness, and reliability in systems where mistakes carry real financial and operational consequences.\n\nLead by example in day-to-day engineering: write production code, review designs and PRs, and raise the technical bar through your own work.\n\nMake sound architectural tradeoffs under real-world complexity, and document and communicate them clearly.\n\nProduct development & delivery\nPartner closely with product managers to shape what gets built, pressure-test requirements, and translate them into durable technical plans.\n\nBreak down complex initiatives, sequence the work, manage scope and dependencies, and drive delivery to production with rigor and predictability.\n\nEstablish pragmatic engineering practices-planning, execution, testing, and incident response-that keep the team fast and reliable as it scales.\n\nTeam leadership\nGuide a small team of engineers: set technical direction, review their work, and unblock them so they can do their best work.\n\nMentor engineers and grow their skills, giving direct, constructive feedback and fostering a culture of ownership and accountability.\n\nContribute to hiring-interviewing, raising the bar, and helping build a strong, flat, accountable engineering team without single points of failure.\n\nCommunication & stakeholders\nCommunicate clearly across audiences, from deep technical discussion with engineers to concise tradeoff and status framing for product and leadership.\n\nWork effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, and represent the team's technical work credibly when engaging with customers or company leadership.\n\nRequired Skills & Experience\n12+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of building and shipping production-grade systems as a hands-on senior or staff/principal-level engineer.\n\nDemonstrated technical leadership: leading the design and delivery of complex projects and setting the technical bar for a team, while remaining deeply hands-on.\n\nDeep expertise in backend systems and architecture, with the judgment to make sound tradeoffs under real-world complexity.\n\nExperience owning delivery: turning ambiguous requirements into a sequenced plan and driving it to production reliably.\n\nExperience guiding, mentoring, or leading other engineers, and a genuine interest in growing a team.\n\nExcellent communication skills, effective with both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.\n\nA bias for action and a willingness to do the groundwork with the team to get things done.\n\nBachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nStrong proficiency in Python and modern backend frameworks (Django, Flask, or similar); familiarity with React and full-stack delivery.\n\nExperience building AI-native or data-intensive platforms, including LLM-based systems, agentic workflows, or large-scale data infrastructure.\n\nExperience in regulated, high-correctness, or financial data domains.\n\nExperience contributing to hiring and helping scale an engineering team.\n\nExperience working in a high-growth, Series A-C startup environment.\n\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive compensation and meaningful equity participation\n\nComprehensive employee benefits, including 100% company-paid health, dental, vision, and life insurance\n\n401(k) plan with a 3% company match that vests immediately\n\nUnlimited PTO\n\nCondor is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive compensation and meaningful equity participation\n\n100% company-paid health, dental, vision, and life insurance\n\n401(k) with a 3% company match that vests immediately\n\nUnlimited PTO\n\nCondor is an equal opportunity employer. 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