Job Title: Product Engineer

Location: Remote (Preferred locations: Montreal, Toronto, or LA)

Company: Acorn Biolabs

With offices in Toronto and Los Angeles, Acorn is a next-generation personalized regenerative medicine company with services offered at partner clinics across Canada and the US. Acorn has developed the world’s first non-invasive, follicle-based cell cryopreservation service, launched in 2022, and has patented cell-based treatments made from a patient’s follicle cells in Aesthetics and Sports Medicine.

Acorn’s first cell-derived treatment is an autologous growth factor and exosome product developed from an individual's collected cells with applications in skin and hair rejuvenation, wound healing, and orthopedics. Data on concentrations of exosomes and growth factors and ex vivo performance far exceeded what is currently available.

Acorn is also actively involved in scientific research with top healthcare and education institutions in North America, including the National Research Council, the University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the University of Calgary, to further the potential of cells in the follicle across many areas of general health.

Our values are important to us and set the culture of our company.

Integrity First

In our science, with our clients, with each other. Always.

Collaborate

Be kind, supportive, respectful, and inclusive. Be humble and grateful.

Show Up

Take pride in your work. Be dependable, accountable, and disciplined. Strive for excellence - and be agile. Add value.

Be Curious

Ask why. Constantly learn. Create. Innovate.

Have Fun

Enjoy life! Laugh - at yourself and with others. Be passionate about your work.

The Role:

We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic Product Engineer to lead and develop software projects, define new processes, and shape new solutions for our customers and partner clinics.

The ideal candidate would like to work in a fast-paced environment and must be able to deliver well thought out and executed solutions on time and on budget.

This is a remote position, requiring independence, self-motivation, and excellent communication skills.

What You’ll Do

• Help define and develop new customer experiences as we grow our cell banking business and launch our first autologous aesthetic product
• Improve existing customer-facing solutions (store, customer portal, billing solutions, collection registration, lab reports, customer tracker, etc..)
• Develop internal solutions and processes to facilitate team workflows and data requests

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to identify key issues, create well thought out solutions and then execute on them
• Strong organizational skills and communication skills
• 1+ years of professional project management experience (ideally with web and mobile projects, in an agile workflow)
• 3+ years of professional experience working in a modern front end web framework (React/NextJS/Vue/Angular) with the ability to write clean, optimized and scalable code
• 1+ year of professional back end development (ideally using NodeJS)
• Extensive experience with version control (preferably GIT)
• Understanding object oriented programming, best practices, patterns & anti-patterns
• Commitment to leading with humility, curiosity, and transparency, with a willingness to roll up your sleeves and dig into the work.
• Ensure continuous availability on Slack during working hours as much as possible

Nice to Haves

• Passion for health, longevity and/or biology
• Residency in Montreal, Toronto, or LA
• Experience working and/or managing an agile team
• Experience developing and/or managing a Stripe store
• Experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, and database administration
• Native iOS and/or Android application development experience
• AI development (using image classifiers like CNNs)

Why Acorn

In our lifetime, our own cells will be the key to solving some of the biggest healthcare challenges. Acorn’s mission is to provide everyone with the best opportunity to stay active, live longer, and feel better. We're excited by the potential the future will bring.

Join the Acorn team and be part of something great!

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Remote work
• Flexible hours
• Health & dental insurance

Apply Now

Please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your qualifications and why you are a great fit for this role to careers@acorn.me