Company
Loyal is an early stage company developing drugs to help dogs live longer, healthier lives. We see aging as a disease that can be slowed and improved with medicines. Loyal was spun out of Laura Deming’s Longevity Fund and is well funded by top venture capitalists and angels.
We’re hiring a Software Engineer to join the Computational Biology team. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to make the transition from pure engineering to working in biotech and aging - a background in biology is not required.
Our team is made of both scientists and engineers which allows us to bring state-of-the-art scientific findings to scale much faster than traditional biotech. As a Frontend Engineer you will play a crucial role at the interface between Loyal and dog owners, creating data gathering and engagement feedback loops that will lead to impactful scientific insights. Being at a startup, you will also work with many other teams and get to know the longevity pipeline end-to-end, from bench assays to clinical trials.
Loyal is founded and led by a first-gen, female CEO – we encourage and look forward to diverse applicants.
As part of the Computational Biology team you will
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- Conceptualize, create, and deploy original, interactive consumer-facing applications
- Work with designers to customize the look and feel of the Loyal website
- Work with data scientists and backend engineers to deliver seamless user experiences within our study registrations, infographics, surveys, photo/video uploads, etc.
- Support ongoing and new web-based applications for both internal and external projects
- Maintain awareness of projects throughout Loyal and spot areas where your team’s expertise would provide value
- Create documentation for all activities
Experience and Proficiencies
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- 1-5 years of experience designing frontend web-based applications
- Demonstrated experience in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, Terraform, AWS or other cloud-based system
- Nice to have: NextJS, Gatsby, Python, experience with design systems
How you work and think
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- Strong desire to work collaboratively within a team and across teams
- Always looking for opportunities to assist others
- Desire to learn and grow in ability and responsibilities
- Willingness to learn whatever language is necessary
- Process driven - creates frameworks to tackle challenging problems
- Mission driven - able to put day to day work in the context of the overall goals of the company
- Track record of communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Able to work in a fast paced and ever-changing environment
- Empathy to others and low ego
Our Values
The Fundamentality of Health | Good health is critical to every other human (and animal!) experience. We believe health is a fundamental right and are dedicating our lives to maximizing health and developing better medicines for the worst diseases.
Truth Seeking & Feedback Loops | Uniquely in biology, there is a predetermined truth of whether a specific drug will work or not — we just have to catch up with biology! We seek out this truth and do not shy away from inconvenient truths. This holds for personal development too: we are always searching for feedback loops and embody a perpetual growth mindset.
Morality & Empathy | We are developing medicines that may one day be given to a living animal, medicines that if designed badly could hurt that animal instead of help. This is a huge responsibility and should be respected as such. Our work needs to adhere to the strictest moral code and always integrate empathy for the patient.
Transparency | We believe full transparency in thoughts, opinions, intentions, and actions (both good ones and mistakes) is a better way to build a business and work together.
Kindness | Great business(wo)men do not need to be ruthless — you can execute excellently with kindness.
Dog gifs | We love them.