Backend developer Jobs in Berkeley, CA

Job Title: Sr Full Stack Engineer / Technical Lead – on site

Location:

SF/Bay Area, California working at a Software Development for Pharma Startup.

The Scope/Responsibilities of Role:

System Design: Designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems in a production environment.
AI Implementation: Rapidly learning and applying new techniques in LLM development (fine-tuning, RAG, and prompt engineering).
Collaboration: Working across teams including product managers, medical writers, and customer success to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Interview Stages : 3-4, includes a take-home code assessment.
Must Have Skills for Role:
Backend Experience: 3+ years in software development; proficiency in building APIs from the ground up using modern Python frameworks (FastAPI, Django, etc.).
AI/ML: Experience building GenAI applications, complex prompt engineering, data pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and RAG.
Cloud & Infrastructure: Experience deploying/scaling containerized applications in cloud environments (AWS preferred) and building CI/CD pipelines.
Soft Skills: Ability to reason through ambiguous requirements and execute quickly without extensive oversight.

Nice to Have Skills for Role:

Infrastructure-as-Code: Experience with Terraform or Pulumi.
Regulated Industry: Secure coding practices from industries like fintech or life sciences.
Frontend: Experience with React development.
Domain Knowledge: Knowledge of regulatory requirements in life sciences or similar.