Senior Software Engineer, Security
Alchemi
About the role
Engineering · New York City · Full time
About Alchemi
It takes more than a decade and over $2 billion to bring a new drug to market. Alchemi builds AI that helps drug development teams move faster, and we already work with some of the largest pharma companies and CROs in the world.
The role
We're a small, senior engineering team, and security sits at the centre of what we deliver. Our customers are some of the most regulated organisations in the world, and their security and quality teams look closely at everything we ship. You'll own how we keep the platform and our customers' data secure, and make that easy to prove.
What you'll do
Own application and cloud security across the platform, from design review to production.
Build and run identity and access: SSO, OAuth, tenant isolation and least-privilege access.
Lead customer security reviews alongside our commercial team.
Drive our compliance programmes and keep the evidence behind them current.
Set up monitoring, incident response and secure-by-default tooling the rest of the team can rely on.
What we're looking for
Several years as a software engineer, with real depth in security.
Hands-on experience securing cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS, with infrastructure as code and CI/CD.
Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001 or similar frameworks, and comfort explaining controls to auditors and customers.
Good judgement about risk. You know what to fix now and what can wait.
Low ego. You listen first and work toward consensus.
Nice to have
Experience in a regulated industry such as life sciences, healthcare or finance.
Depth in identity protocols such as SAML and OIDC.
How we work
Small team, low process, high trust. Two-week release cadence, design specs reviewed carefully, and an active resistance to ticket sprawl. Based in New York City, with daily overlap across a team that spans Pacific Time to Western Europe.
Why join
Our goal is to cut years off clinical development timelines. Alchemi already supports more than 3,500 studies a year for the top development teams in pharma. We're a small team of experts. We keep talent density high and work closely across every part of the product, from first idea to deployment.
Impact: Your work goes straight into the regulated workflows that decide how fast drugs reach patients.
Excellence: Work alongside a highly skilled team in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.
Ownership: Help shape product direction, how we work and what we build next.
What we offer
Salary and equity: Competitive salary and meaningful equity, with options weighted toward ownership if that's what you want.
Health: Best-in-class health and dental insurance.
Time off: 4 weeks of paid vacation plus public holidays, paid sick leave and parental leave.
Location: Based in New York City.
Equipment: A MacBook, external monitor and accessories.
Growth: Room to learn and develop in a cutting-edge field.
How to apply
Interested in building the future of drug development with us? We'd love to hear from you. Diversity and inclusion are core to our mission. If you're part of an underrepresented group, we strongly encourage you to apply.
Not quite the right role? If our mission resonates with you, email contact@alchemi.bio with your background and interests.
We're an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Responsibilities
- Own application and cloud security across the platform.
- Build and operate identity and access systems, including SSO, OAuth, tenant isolation, and least-privilege access.
- Lead customer security reviews with the commercial team.
- Drive compliance programs and maintain supporting evidence.
- Establish monitoring, incident response, and secure-by-default tooling.
Qualifications
- Several years of software engineering experience with deep security expertise.
- Hands-on experience securing cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS, using infrastructure as code and CI/CD.
- Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks.
- Ability to explain security controls to auditors and customers.
- Sound judgment about prioritizing risk and a collaborative, low-ego approach.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
- Health and dental insurance.
- Four weeks of paid vacation, public holidays, paid sick leave, and parental leave.
- MacBook, external monitor, and accessories.
- Opportunities to learn and develop in a cutting-edge field.
Skills mentioned
About Alchemi
Alchemi accelerates drug development with purpose-built scientific agents. By combining deep scientific expertise with advanced AI, our agents are built for GxP environments and streamline complex workflows across CMC, bioanalysis, clinical development, and regulatory submissions. We are already supporting >3,000 studies, helping life sciences teams bring therapies to market faster, safer, and more efficiently.
H-1B sponsorship history
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