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[Remote] Senior Software Engineer

Remote role Full-time Open position

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Certara accelerates the potential of bringing medicines to market using biosimulation software and services. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Phoenix Cloud team, you'll design, build, and maintain cloud-native modules that enhance drug development workflows and support scientists in their research.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain cloud-native modules within the Phoenix Cloud platform using Java, React, and PostgreSQL on AWS
  • Partner with product managers and domain experts to translate scientific workflow needs into technical requirements and deliverables
  • Author and review tests to uphold the validation standards required by regulated life sciences customers
  • Participate in code reviews with a focus on maintainability, security, and performance across a growing multi-module cloud platform
  • Work across product, QA, and engineering teams to ship features that span the full "data in" to "report out" workflow
  • Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, providing meaningful feedback to elevate team output
  • Contribute to process improvements and team process documentation
  • Develop a working understanding of PK/PD workflows and the regulatory context our customers operate in (no prior pharma experience required)

Skills

  • Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
  • 4+ years of experience in a software engineer role

Company Overview

  • Certara is a pharmaceutical company that accelerates medicines with biosimulation software and technology. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.certara.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Certara has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 7 in 2025, 10 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 10 in 2022, 5 in 2021, 3 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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