At Helix, our mission is simple: to help everyone improve their lives through their DNA. Ready to make a real-world impact with your skills? At Helix, we're transforming healthcare by making genomics a standard of care. We partner with health systems and life science companies to accelerate the integration of genomic data into clinical practice. Join us in building a future where healthcare is personalized, proactive, and powered by genomics.
We are committed to your long-term growth. We invest in you through:
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Cutting-Edge AI Tooling: We equip our engineers to innovate at speed. You'll have full access to GitHub Copilot, frontier models (like Claude and OpenAI), Gemini, and other new tools as they emerge, all supported by our dedicated internal AI team.
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Continuous Learning: Sharpen your skills with full access to the entire Udemy learning database.
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Internal Mentorship: Learn from experts across our global team through tech demos, pair programming, and collaborative projects.
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Clear Advancement: We provide a framework for you to grow from one role to the next, with clear expectations and support from your manager.
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Travel: Opportunities to travel to the US for collaboration with our global teams.
What is special about this role?
As a member of our Data Experiences team, you'll be at the forefront of building access to one of the world's most comprehensive clinicogenomic datasets. Partnering with product, engineering, analytics, AI, and commercial teams, you'll build the full-stack products that unlock novel research discoveries, surface health system insights, and accelerate therapeutic development.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:
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Design, architect, and implement software systems that leverage best practices and are designed for scale
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Use AI in day to day development, direct coding agents, build evaluation frameworks, and drive AI adoption in engineering workflows
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Be responsible for developing and owning cloud native applications that span multiple domains across frontend, backend, and testing.
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Deploy and operate software with reliability and scale for our users
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Own deliverables from idea to production launch
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Mentor other engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning
About you:
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4+ years development experience in Go, Python, Typescript, Javascript, Java, or similar
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2+ years of experience developing and maintaining SPA’s on frameworks such as React, Next.js, Vue.js or similar
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Proficiency with distributed systems built on cloud infrastructure — AWS, GCP, Azure or similar
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Experience developing and owning serverless (e.g. AWS Api Gateway, Lambda) and container-based microservices
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Experience implementing and passion for driving AI adoption in engineering workflows
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Experience architecting large, high-scale durable back-end or front-end systems
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You believe in owning your cloud infrastructure and have experience driving changes through CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (aws-cdk, terraform, pulumi)
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Track record mentoring engineers and elevating teams around you
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Affinity for an engineering culture that emphasizes Agile, DevOps, and continuous delivery
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Fluent in English, both written and verbal
Pluses:
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Bachelor/Master of Science in Computer Science or similar
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Familiarity working with regulated software systems (e.g., HIPAA, ISO, FDA)
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Experience architecting and developing event-driven systems following Domain Driven Design
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Familiarity working in an agile environment
We take care of our team with benefits that provide flexibility and support for your growth—what we call prestaciones superiores a las de la ley.
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Competitive Compensation: A strong base salary plus an annual performance bonus.
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Expected Helix Base: $101,333 - $131,145 MXN/monthly
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Expected Helix Discretionary Annual Bonus: 5% of your annual salary
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Equity: We offer generous equity at Helix. If you receive a Helix offer your recruiter will book dedicated time with you to educate you on our equity model.
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Comprehensive Health: 100% employer-paid premium for our Bronze Family Health Insurance plan, with eligibility from your first day.
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Allowances & Stipends:
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Home Office Stipend: we will reimburse up to $500 USD for essential workspace items, so you are fully equipped to perform your best.
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Phone Allowance: 700 MXP monthly.
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In-Office Perks: 80 MXP daily for transport and 250 MXP daily for snacks on office days.
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Generous Time Off: Flexible vacation policy plus all national holidays.
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Hybrid & Remote Flexibility:
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Hybrid: Our office is located at WeWork - Varsovia, Mexico City. We gather intentionally in our office space once per week to work on things like pair programming/live collaboration, skillshare sessions, social segments, team lunches, and volunteering opportunities. Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, CDMX.
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Remote (for team members living 80 km or more outside Mexico City): We'll invite you to our CDMX office 3-6 times a year for key training and team meetings. These visits are a great chance to connect in person and strengthen our Helix community. Helix cover travel and accommodation.
1) Recruiter Screen 2) Hiring Manager 3)Technical Interview 4) Virtual Onsite
We want to make sure your first week is spent learning the foundations. You will be invited to live orientation sessions and spend time with your hiring manager developing your individual roadmap to success. This experience will include sessions that cover your benefits, security & privacy training, an introduction to the OKR framework used at Helix and our communication tools and norms.
First 30 days: You’ll spend time learning the Helix way, completing training and onboarding for your roles, and getting introduced to your team and relevant stakeholders. You’ll also gain a deeper understanding of our customers, our products, the impact we make in the lives of our communities, and how to thrive at Helix through participation in Helix U.
Day 30 - 60: You’ll spend time contributing to projects, deeply familiarizing yourself with team and company processes, and developing a deeper understanding of Helix’s products, services and capabilities.
Day 60 - 90: You’ll build your OKRs with your manager, start to take ownership of projects and initiatives on your team, and begin to demonstrate your impact on the Helix mission.
