Sage Bionetworks (https://sagebionetworks.org/) | Principal SWE | Java, Python, TypeScript, Node.js | Remote (US) | Full time
Sage Bionetworks, a nonprofit focused on open science and accelerating biomedical research, is hiring a Principal Backend Research Software Engineer (US-remote). We build platforms like Synapse.org that enable global scientific communities to responsibly share data and generate insights, and we value people who thrive in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments.
In this role, you’ll lead architecture and backend development across our platforms. You’ll have broad autonomy to shape system design, prototype new capabilities, and work closely with scientists and product teams on tools that support cloud-based data workflows, large-scale computation, and emerging AI/ML use cases. Strong production engineering experience, deep Java skills, and comfort with cloud environments, CI/CD practices, and containerized systems are key; interest in scientific or data-driven applications is a plus.
Sage is a renowned nonprofit in biomedical and life sciences, headquartered in Seattle but operating remotely across the U.S. We develop web-based software to support scientific research in areas like cancer, Alzheimer's, and Neurofibromatosis. We believe in open science, and we've been practicing it for over 15 years. We're seeking a Senior Product Designer with strong user research experience, and graphic design skills as well. In addition to a competitive salary and great benefits, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful work that advances science and improves lives.
The report seems to be mostly concerned with the market economy nature of scientific publishing, which is fair. That said, I find that obsession with publisher profit margins and boycotts is not constructive.
On the one hand, the important roles of journals (evaluation, archival, dissemination, etc) come at a cost (and are crucial to science). Running a journal costs time and money. That money must come from somewhere. Publishers don't have to be for profit, but if they are, they will naturally attempt to maximize margins. That is just capitalism. But, it doesn't have to be that way. Alternative, non-capitalistic business models for publishing science are possible. They should emerge and compete with for-profit models (1).
On the other hand, boycotts and illegal solutions (e.g. Sci-hub) are non constructive simply because they offer no solution. Sci-hub is made of 88 million published articles, "published", indeed, by those same publishers it is fighting against. What is the end goal?
I personally support an open, innovative, and transparent publishing infrastructure, but one that is sustainable in the long term and solution-driven. My two cents!
(1) Note: just being non-profit is not enough, if you don't have a scalable and sustainable solution. Also... if you are non-profit and your business plan is to be funded by charitable foundations created by billionaires via capitalistic means, what is the whole point of changing the system?
Looking for an experienced developer for a 3–6-month project (initially) to extend current codebase capability and build integrations with third party services. Stack: Ruby on Rails, React, Faye, Redis, Resque. Knowledge with preprints, scientific publishing, pandoc, JATSXML, etc a plus.
Authorea / Atypon | Full stack engineer | Full time | New York Area, Remote ok.
We're looking for a web developer / engineer to work on a modern Open Research publishing platform for scholarly and scientific content. NYC-area ideal but open to remote positions. Competitive salary and benefits.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of web development experience. Our stack: Rails, React + Redux, Redis, PostgreSQL, Faye, and Resque
- DevOps and AWS experience a plus.
- History of completing projects on time and to spec
- A great team player with a positive attitude willing to help the team accomplish ambitious goals
About us:
We're part of an emerging technology ecosystem for open science and modern publishing. We are researchers, engineers, designers, and product people. Our goal is to advance substantially the pace of scientific publishing. We are excited about making science more open, transparent, collaborative, reproducible, data-driven, and web-based.
Authorea | Web Developers and Engineers | Brooklyn, NY | Remote possible | Visa possible | www.authorea.com
We are a close group of researchers, engineers, and product people fixing some enormous fundamental problems in science. Our goal is to advance substantially the pace of scientific innovation by delivering a superior editor built for the web. We are excited about making science more open, transparent, collaborative, reproducible, data-driven, and web-based.
We recently received a substantial line of funding and we're part of an emerging technology ecosystem for open science and modern publishing. We're looking for strong web developers and engineers / 2 positions. NYC-area ideal but open to remote positions. Competitive salary and benefits.
Requirements: 3+ years of web development experience - Extensive knowledge of the modern front end stack, CSS/JS, React, Redux, Node - Familiarity with Rails - History of completing projects on time and to spec - A great team player with a positive attitude willing to help the team accomplish our ambitious goals
Please say hello with a note to [email protected] and “HN” in the subject line.
Unlike what most LaTeX users may think, LaTeX is actually not even widely adopted in academia, with less than 20% of scholarly articles published every year written using LaTeX (https://www.authorea.com/107393-how-many-scholarly-articles-...). That said, it is the only powerful option to professional typeset mathematical notation. And for that reason, it is used by few in some non-academic research fields (military, gov, pharma, tech, HN readers).
Authorea was spun out of CERN by a group of astrophysicists who were frustrated with the cumbersome process of collaborating on scientific research. Think Github for research papers with a mission to change academic publishing and Open Science. Our team is small, but our tool is already being used at all 100 of the top 100 (Leiden Ranking) research universities. We also just closed a substantial funding round with brand-name VCs. More info at: https://www.authorea.com/jobs
We're looking for:
* (SENIOR) FRONT END ENGINEER - We're looking for an engineer with strong front end skills who will take our product to the next level. Needs to have: JS/CSS/React/Rails as well team and project management experience. Nice to have: previous experience working with editors.
Authorea is building GitHub + Google Docs for researchers. We were spun out of CERN by a group of astrophysicists who were frustrated with the cumbersome process of collaborating on scientific research. Our team is very small, but our tool is already being used at all 100 of the top 100 (Leiden Ranking) research universities. We also just raised a substantial seed round with brand-name VCs. All positions require a passion for startups and for Open Science! More info at: https://www.authorea.com/jobs
We're looking for
* (SENIOR) FRONT END ENGINEER - Authorea has a robust backend but it did not receive all the love it deserves on the front end. We're looking for an engineer with strong front end skills who will take our product to the next level. Needs to have: JS/CSS/React/Rails and obsession over product and pixel perfection. Nice to have: previous experience working with editors.
* (JUNIOR) USER HAPPINESS ENGINEER - We have a lot of users that experience technical difficulties. We need someone who will be in charge of user happiness, respond to support tickets, assign and manage them. Will update and mantain FAQs and How-tos. The position requires technical knowledge, especially of LaTeX, Markdown, Git and scholarship. Can be remote.
Why Authorea?
- A unique opportunity to change the face of academia and scholarly collaboration
- We're a small team. You'll have the opportunity to make impactful decisions from day 1
- We're backed by investors with experience and reputation in the scientific space
- We are driven by a social mission to make science more open and transparent
* WEB DESIGNER
We’re looking for someone to help shape the look and feel of our product, i.e., make us look good. Really good.
- Requirements.
--Great taste, great design skills, and an eye for web graphic design. Someone who can tell a story through design.
--Proven web design skills (please send a portfolio of examples of past work, e.g. mockups and live sites)
--Knowledge of CSS and JS
--Experience designing and building interfaces informed by user testing
--Interest in typography and publishing
- Nice to haves.
--Past experience with user onboarding, experience, interfaces and interaction.
- Desirable: passion for Open Science
- Extra desirable: passion for Edward Tufte, Bret Victor and data visualization.
We're a small team - mostly recovering academics - so you'll have the opportunity to make impactful decisions from day one. We also work in an exciting field (scientific publication, scholarly authoring, data-driven science, open science): it's a unique opportunity to change the face of academia and scholarly collaboration. We're based in SoHo (New York City) but we're open to remote options. Our current investors include ff Venture Capital and NY Angels.
Open positions:
* Full Stack Engineer
* Front End Designer/Engineer
* Marketing and Communication Associate
* Sales Associate
Sage Bionetworks, a nonprofit focused on open science and accelerating biomedical research, is hiring a Principal Backend Research Software Engineer (US-remote). We build platforms like Synapse.org that enable global scientific communities to responsibly share data and generate insights, and we value people who thrive in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments.
In this role, you’ll lead architecture and backend development across our platforms. You’ll have broad autonomy to shape system design, prototype new capabilities, and work closely with scientists and product teams on tools that support cloud-based data workflows, large-scale computation, and emerging AI/ML use cases. Strong production engineering experience, deep Java skills, and comfort with cloud environments, CI/CD practices, and containerized systems are key; interest in scientific or data-driven applications is a plus.
Full post: https://sagebionetworks.org/careers/software-engineer-backen... Email: [email protected]