Software Engineer

3 weeks ago


Redwood City, United States Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Full time

We’re on an ambitious mission to solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease to improving education and addressing the needs of our local communities. Join us to build a better future for everyone

Learn more about our work modes, benefits, and interview process at www.chanzuckerberg.com/careers.

The Opportunity

The mission of the CZI Science Initiative is to support the science and technology that will help make it possible to cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of the century. We support interdisciplinary teams of physicians, biologists, computational scientists, and engineers to expand our understanding of the human body and illness — the very science behind medicine. CZI fosters collaboration between scientists and engineers, develops tools and technologies, and builds support for basic scientific research. Our North Star objective is to understand the mysteries of the cell, the fundamental building block of life. To that end, our approach is to digitally model cell function through research, advanced development, collaboration, and funding.

Some Science Initiative efforts include:

  • Building software such as 
    • CZ cellxgene - an easy to use corpus of single-cell transcriptomics data.
    • CZ ID - a metagenomics platform that delivers insights in infectious disease.
  • Funding of
    • Single cell biology and the application of technologies that enable multi-omics investigation at the level of cells.
    • Imaging and developing tools capable of observing biological processes across spatial scales at the level of tissues, cells, and proteins.
  • Doing science through
    • The CZ Biohub empowering scientists to work on their riskiest, most exciting ideas.
    • The CZ Imaging Institute and developing technologies to image the molecular architecture of the cell with atomic resolution.

As a Software Engineer Intern for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, you will create technology products to support our mission. You will work with various stakeholders to conceptualize and define engineering projects and goals and build and deploy software to accomplish these goals.

Interested in learning more about CZI’s Technology? Check out our blog here.

You will
  • Work on frontend, backend and full-stack web/mobile development
  • Build and maintain data ingestion and processing systems
  • Apply software development skills to a wide range of coding projects
  • Create ad-hoc technology tools for external partners
You have
  • Pursuing a BS or MS degree (Computer Science or related field preferred) 
  • Targeted graduation dates December 2024 through Summer 2026
  • Experience with developing and debugging software
  • The ability to work for 12 consecutive weeks during  Summer 2024
Nice to have
  • Software engineering experience from previous internships, work experience, hackathons, academic research, or personal projects
  • Experience with languages such as C/C++, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, and shell scripts
  • Experience with frontend web development technologies
  • Experience with relational databases and SQL
  • Familiarity with big data technologies
  • Experience working in Linux/Unix environments

The Redwood City, CA base pay range for this role is: BS student $54.81 per hour, MS student $58.03 per hour. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process. Pay ranges outside Redwood City are adjusted based on cost of labor in each respective geographical market. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your location during the hiring process.

 #LI-Onsite

Onsite work mode is site-based in our office at our HQ in Redwood City, CA.
Flex work mode is open to a hybrid approach, but not open to be fully remote.
Remote work mode is eligible for all three modes (Remote, Flex, or Onsite) available to you at CZI.

About Us

Priscilla Chan, a pediatrician and founder of The Primary School in East Palo Alto, and Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta, announced the creation of CZI shortly after welcoming their first child in 2015 — with the goal of helping build a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone. Their idea was ambitious but grounded in the belief that by harnessing technology, we can tackle some of the greatest challenges of our time in new ways to help drive faster progress.

CZI is committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome interest from individuals of all backgrounds and levels of experience who share our mission. If you’re interested in this role but your previous experience doesn’t perfectly align with each qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role


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