What We're Building

At Medra, our mission is to accelerate biology research by making lab automation accessible to every scientist. Our robotic system relieves scientists from repetitive wet lab tasks so they can focus on making groundbreaking scientific discoveries. By combining recent advances in robotics with state-of-the-art computer vision, Medra is developing technology that can perform protocols to the highest quality standards and be quickly deployed to new tasks.

Every person has thought to themselves “If only we could solve this faster.” Ever more often, we’ve been impacted by environmental and medical shifts where the speed of research has directly impacted the wellbeing of our communities. Medra is here to meet that wish- we can make research faster, and we’re already doing it.

The Team

You’ll be joining a growing team who are applying their extensive professional and academic experience to Medra’s mission: how do we give scientists better tools, so that they can solve the world’s problems? Since deploying our first system and raising a seed round from incredible investors, Medra is now focused on growing our team so we can meet demand.

An extension of our team are our clients- amazing folks we partner with who are hoping to cure the incurable and solve the unsolvable problems in the world. Folks who are trusting Medra to help them complete their mission faster than they thought possible.

Why Join Medra Now?

Medra has already met part of its goal: we’ve brought scientists an initial taste of accessible lab automation. Since we’ve raised a seed round of funding, you’ll be joining us in the race against ourselves- how many labs can we bring our solution to, and how can we do it faster and better every time?

What you will do

• Build a modern no-code interface to let biologists create, modify, store and execute their protocols.

• Architect and implement a data, control and sensor streaming system to enable remote monitoring and troubleshooting of our robots.

Requirements

• This position is 100% in-person, you must be able to come on-site to our San Francisco office. We do offer relocation benefits for applicants that need it.

• Highly experienced with Python and/or NodeJS, and are proficient in writing TypeScript

• Experience with backend web frameworks like django, flask, rails, or express

• Proficient with either C++ or Python, with the ability to rapidly implement and iterate on ideas

• Experience building interactive front-ends with React or similar

• Backend system design and implementation experience

• Production database management and schema design experience

• Experience building production applications on cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP

• A hackers mindset - getting quickly to a good-enough solution

• A willingness to wear many hats / a flexible attitude towards responsibilities and scope

• Please apply even if you do not meet all the requirements.

Nice to haves

• Experience building no-code interfaces

• Experience building video streaming and storage systems

• Familiarity with robotics, computation vision, or software in the life sciences

What we offer

• 401k matching

• Medical insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Relocation benefits

• Unlimited PTO

• Weekday dinners

Medra is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies. We value diversity at Medra and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!