Formation Bio
Senior Software Engineer II, Trial Engine
$214K–$267K
New York, NY +4 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
Boston, MA
San Francisco, CA
116 Huntington Ave., Back Bay, Boston, MA, 02116
16 E 34th St., New York City, NY, 10016 - Experience
- 7+ years building production software, including hands-on experience shipping software for use in a clinical trial.
About the job
Owns the design, delivery, and operation of software and AI capabilities for active clinical trials, including clinical-system integrations and regulated data workflows.
What you'll do
- Build and operate production software used across trial startup, data collection, monitoring, and close-out.
- Develop auditable AI agents and pipelines that surface clinical signals, discrepancies, and tasks with human review.
- Partner with clinical, regulatory, QA, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver validated software and integrations.
What they ask for
- 7+ years building production software, including hands-on experience shipping software for use in a clinical trial.
- Familiarity with clinical systems, data flows, and the operational realities of active trials.
- Familiarity with regulated or controlled software delivery, including GxP/GCP, computer system validation, traceability, audit trails, electronic signatures, and change control.
- Strong software-building skills, distributed-systems and cloud fundamentals, and a track record of senior technical ownership.
Pay
$213,500 - $267,000 (total pay)
Tools
AWS, GCP, Azure, LLMs, EDC, CTMS, eTMF
AI focus
Build AI-native trial execution capabilities, including agents and pipelines that read clinical and operational source data to identify signals, discrepancies, and tasks. Ensure provenance tracking, audit trails, and human review in regulated clinical work.
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