Software Engineer
Halo Cures
| Company | Halo Cures |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Chicago |
| Remote | Remote |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (ashby) |
Description
Company Overview
Our mission at Halo https://www.halo.science/ is to move science forward. A Fast Company "World Changing Idea" and one of Wellfound's Top 10 B2B Startups of 2025 https://wellfound.com/10-of-10-in-2025#1010-b2b, Halo’s platform connects scientists directly with companies to bring new innovations to the world. We work with the R&D teams at global, iconic companies – including Bayer, P&G and PepsiCo – on topics ranging from sustainability to human health. Since going live in January 2020, more than 16,000 scientists and science-led startups from 130+ countries have joined. We are venture-backed by Asymmetric Capital, Village Global, Lightbank, AngelList Ventures (invests in top .1% of startups https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/22/angellist-just-closed-a-25m-fund-to-back-startups-based-on-hiring-velocity/), Marketplace Capital, Lenny Rachitsky’s Air Angels (Airbnb angel group) and other top-tier investors.
- Learn about our new NSF-funded initiative https://new.nsf.gov/tip/updates/nsf-halo-pilot
- Read our reviews on Glassdoor https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Halo-Reviews-E3539283.htm?filter.iso3Language=eng
- Watch "Why Work Here" episode with Halo CEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCnbyQOrEMI
Role Overview
Halo is looking for a Software Engineer to join our team and help grow the platform from early-stage product/market fit to massive scale. While the opportunity in front of us is large - the $2 trillion global R&D market - your work will also help accelerate scientific innovations that impact our world.
As a Software Engineer with a focus on Growth, you'll build new features, instrument those features and report on their impact, and improve our product development cycle.
Responsibilities:
- You'll work alongside self-starters interested in solving real-world problems and streamlining the inefficiencies of external partnering for Fortune 500 companies.
- Take point on complex product initiatives, decompose them into smaller pieces, and run them to completion with minimal supervision
- Design flexible, maintainable code to execute against the vision and roadmap
- Safeguard code quality on your team, reviewing others' code with an eye to performance and maintainability
- Work closely with designers and product managers to distill complex business problems into elegant technical solutions.
- Collaborate with a close-knit engineering team that ships new code into production multiple times a week.
Who you are:
Our tech stack is primarily Ruby on Rails and React. We also use Redis, Heroku, Postgres, and Typesense. While knowledge of our stack is a plus, it’s not a requirement.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of experience (or can show equivalent depth) writing software in our tech stack and a strong engineering background
- A love of simple, well-tested code that is easy to extend and hard to break
- Strong product intuition and product-minded engineering judgment, with the ability to understand how technical decisions impact user experience
- Knowledge of best practices across the development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, CI/CD, testing, operations, and the effective use of modern AI tools to significantly improve engineering productivity.
- Exceptional cross-functional communicator, capable of simplifying complex technical concepts for sales, GTM, design, and executive stakeholders.
- Understanding of performance tradeoffs, load balancing, and operational issues
- Proven ability to handle ambiguity and competing priorities, managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
Nice to Have:
- You have a science-related degree or industry experience in science or health.
- Hands‑on product‑management experience or strong product instincts
- Experience working for companies offering B2B marketplaces, applicant tracking systems, CRMs, or project
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