Software Engineer

About

Prelude is a life science technology company looking to make the world safer and healthier by accelerating new product development of life-saving medicine and devices for humans and animals. Our mission is to simplify clinical research through smarter technology and superior service. Clinical trial designs are becoming increasingly complex, making new research more daunting and labor-intensive for clinical research organizations of all sizes. With Prelude’s Clinical Data Management (CDMS) platform, complex research is made easy through the industry’s most user-friendly, flexible eClinical technology platform, enabling easy, adaptable trials and automating 90%+ of clinical data management work.

Description

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role you will collaborate closely with other software engineers, DevOps engineers, software architects, product managers, and quality assurance engineers to bring new features and functionality to life for Prelude’s customers.

This position is suited for someone with backend development experience using Node.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB, and with a working understanding of AWS for application deployment and scalability. As a member of a team that loves working together and that prioritizes balance in work and life, you will play a role in building backend services and APIs, contributing to architectural decisions, and ensuring the codebase remains clean, maintainable, and performant.

This role is hybrid (Tuesday – Thursday in office) and is located in Austin, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js, TypeScript, and Express.js
• Assist with data modeling in MongoDB, with attention to performance and scalability
• Collaborate closely with other backend and frontend engineers to deliver product features
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code with strong attention to detail and maintainability
• Participate in code reviews
• Contribute to technical implementation discussions
• Target AWS services (e.g., Lambda, S3, ECS, API Gateway) for deployment and scaling applications
• Help ensure system reliability, security, and performance

Requirements

• 3-5 years of professional software development experience
• Proficiency in Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript
• Experience building software products with Express.js and MongoDB
• Experience with MongoDB schema design and querying
• Knowledge of AWS for application deployment and infrastructure (e.g., S3, EC2, Lambda)
• Understanding of RESTful APIs, authentication (e.g., JWT), and security best practices
• Commitment to writing tests (unit, integration) and experience using test frameworks like Jest or Mocha
• Comfortable using Git, code collaboration tools, and working within agile workflows
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
• Excellent problem-solving skills, a proactive mindset, and a collaborative, friendly attitude.

Preferred

• Frontend development experience with TypeScript in Next.js, React, or Vue.
• Experience with database technologies other than MongoDB, for example RDBMSs (Postgres, MySQL, Oracle), Elasticsearch, or DynamoDB.
• Experience with Redis
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures
• Experience working in a startup or fast-paced product development environment