Collate
Full-Stack Software Engineer (Backend-Leaning)
Collate, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
About Collate
Collate is an AI document generation platform for life sciences. We automate paperwork with AI, helping our customers get life-saving innovations to patients years faster. Collate is an end-to-end solution, powering every step of drug, diagnostic, and medical device development—from concept to market.
The Role We’re looking for a Full-Stack Engineer (Backend-leaning) to design and build the systems and user-facing features that power Collate. You’ll spend most of your time on backend challenges—APIs, services, and infrastructure—but you’ll also ship end-to-end features. This is an opportunity to help define our technical foundation, collaborate directly with design and product, and shape how our users experience Collate from day one.
What You’ll Do
Design and scale backend services, APIs, and data pipelines that power Collate’s products
Deliver end-to-end, production-ready features in partnership with product, design, and AI engineering
Balance iteration speed with technical rigor to ensure systems scale reliably
Create internal tools and workflows that accelerate engineering productivity
Share responsibility for production systems, including participating in on-call rotation
What We’re Looking For
Have experience building across the stack, with deeper strength in backend systems
Enjoy taking features from idea → backend architecture → polished UI
Care deeply about both technical robustness and the end user experience
Are motivated by ambiguity, eager to pick up missing knowledge, and excited to solve novel problems
Value speed, pragmatism, and scrappiness but know when to design for robustness
Have been an early-stage engineer or startup founder—or aspire to work at that level of ownership
Why Join Collate
Impact: Build systems and experiences that touch real patients and providers, improving healthcare outcomes.
Ownership: Shape both our product experience and our engineering culture from the start.
Learning: Collaborate with a uniquely interdisciplinary team—AI researchers, healthcare leaders, and experienced startup builders.
Upside: Join a company early enough to have meaningful equity and career-defining impact.
The base salary range for this role is $150,000–$350,000 USD annually, depending on experience and level (Tier 1, San Francisco).
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The Role We’re looking for a Full-Stack Engineer (Backend-leaning) to design and build the systems and user-facing features that power Collate. You’ll spend most of your time on backend challenges—APIs, services, and infrastructure—but you’ll also ship end-to-end features. This is an opportunity to help define our technical foundation, collaborate directly with design and product, and shape how our users experience Collate from day one.
What You’ll Do
Design and scale backend services, APIs, and data pipelines that power Collate’s products
Deliver end-to-end, production-ready features in partnership with product, design, and AI engineering
Balance iteration speed with technical rigor to ensure systems scale reliably
Create internal tools and workflows that accelerate engineering productivity
Share responsibility for production systems, including participating in on-call rotation
What We’re Looking For
Have experience building across the stack, with deeper strength in backend systems
Enjoy taking features from idea → backend architecture → polished UI
Care deeply about both technical robustness and the end user experience
Are motivated by ambiguity, eager to pick up missing knowledge, and excited to solve novel problems
Value speed, pragmatism, and scrappiness but know when to design for robustness
Have been an early-stage engineer or startup founder—or aspire to work at that level of ownership
Why Join Collate
Impact: Build systems and experiences that touch real patients and providers, improving healthcare outcomes.
Ownership: Shape both our product experience and our engineering culture from the start.
Learning: Collaborate with a uniquely interdisciplinary team—AI researchers, healthcare leaders, and experienced startup builders.
Upside: Join a company early enough to have meaningful equity and career-defining impact.
The base salary range for this role is $150,000–$350,000 USD annually, depending on experience and level (Tier 1, San Francisco).
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