Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Engineering · New York City · Full time

ABOUT ALCHEMI

It takes more than a decade and over $2 billion to bring a new drug to market. Alchemi builds AI that helps drug development teams move faster, and we already work with some of the largest pharma companies and CROs in the world.

THE ROLE

We're a small, senior engineering team, and we plan to stay that way. Writing code is no longer the constraint. Judgement is. You'll own architecture and delivery across our core platform, and you'll be measured on the quality of the systems you design and the mistakes you prevent, not on lines of code.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Design judgement earned the hard way. You can explain why a design is wrong, not just that it feels wrong.
• A track record of systems that stayed maintainable, not just shipped.
• Fluency with agentic development: specs first, agents as a force multiplier, with a verification loop.
• Range across backend, front-end and DevOps, with Python at the centre.
• Low ego. You listen first and work toward consensus.

WHERE THIS IS NOT A FIT

• If your value is measured in lines of code.
• If you want to manage a team.
• If you need a fully asynchronous relationship with your colleagues.

HOW WE WORK

Small team, low process, high trust. Two-week release cadence, design specs reviewed carefully, and an active resistance to ticket sprawl. Based in New York City, with daily overlap across a team that spans Pacific Time to Western Europe.

WHY JOIN

Our goal is to cut years off clinical development timelines. Alchemi already supports more than 3,500 studies a year for the top development teams in pharma. We're a small team of experts. We keep talent density high and work closely across every part of the product, from first idea to deployment.

• Impact: Your work goes straight into the regulated workflows that decide how fast drugs reach patients.
• Excellence: Work alongside a highly skilled team in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.
• Ownership: Help shape product direction, how we work and what we build next.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Salary and equity: Competitive salary and meaningful equity, with options weighted toward ownership if that's what you want.
• Health: Best-in-class health and dental insurance.
• Time off: 4 weeks of paid vacation plus public holidays, paid sick leave and parental leave.
• Location: Based in New York City.
• Equipment: A MacBook, external monitor and accessories.
• Growth: Room to learn and develop in a cutting-edge field.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested in building the future of drug development with us? We'd love to hear from you. Diversity and inclusion are core to our mission. If you're part of an underrepresented group, we strongly encourage you to apply.

We're an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.