Posted 15 days ago
Engineering Lead, AI Figure Agent
@ BioRender
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
BioRender is hiring an Engineering Lead for its AI Figure Agent, which creates scientific figures from pathways and protocols to graphical abstracts and posters. The role leads a small engineering team owning the agent platform, model evaluation and routing, and quality monitoring. The posting describes a remote-first, full-time role open across Canada and the U.S.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a small engineering team on the core agent platform
- Improve figure quality through evaluations and user feedback
- Benchmark and route frontier LLMs and VLMs
- Build AI infrastructure and monitoring for agent performance
- Partner with Product and Creative teams on measurable improvements
Requirements summary:
- Experience leading engineers on production AI systems
- Shipped an agent or multi-agent orchestration platform
- Hands-on work with multiple frontier models and VLMs
- Evaluation-first approach to improving AI systems
- People management experience is a strong plus
- Science background is a plus
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-23
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-27
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-27
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Software development |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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BioRender
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To accelerate the world’s ability to discover, learn and communicate science
Full company description
BioRender is revolutionizing how science is communicated, one graphic at a time (you can think of us as the Adobe or Canva for science!). We're on a mission to accelerate science by empowering all scientists to quickly and easily communicate their research. We are a team of passionate scientists, engineers, science illustrators, designers and entrepreneurs backed by an incredible group of investors, including YCombinator. We nerd out on cool science stuff and solving big problems. We work really hard and sweat the details to deliver a high impact product that our users love.
- LinkedIn followers
- 30,866
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 239
- Reported office locations
- 49 Spadina Ave, 200, Toronto, Ontario M5V 0K3, CA
- Business categories
- Software
- Life Science
- Graphic Design
- Other recorded names
- BioRender Inc.
- BioRender
- Specialties
- Science Illustration
- Science Communication
- Technology
- Startup
- and SAAS Startup
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 17,044,132
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
BioRender is revolutionizing how science is communicated, one graphic at a time (you can think of us as the Adobe or Canva for science!). We're on a mission to accelerate science by empowering all scientists to quickly and easily communicate their research. We are a team of passionate scientists, engineers, science illustrators, designers and entrepreneurs backed by an incredible group of investors, including…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2017 |
| Specialties | Science IllustrationScience CommunicationTechnologyStartupand SAAS Startup |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 20 |
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At BioRender, we’re on a mission to accelerate the world’s ability to learn, discover, and communicate science – transforming how knowledge is shared and making science open, collaborative, and easily understandable by all.
We’re shaping the future of science communication and are looking for talented individuals to help bring this vision to life! 🚀
We're building BioRender's AI figure agent, which can create any scientific figure, from pathways and protocols to graphical abstracts and posters. As the agent becomes central to how 4M+ scientists use BioRender, you'll be responsible for making sure it's fast, dependable, and getting better every week.
What you'll be doing
Lead a small engineering team responsible for the core agent platform, including architecture, multi-agent orchestration, planning, tool use, and self-correction.
Continuously improve figure quality through evaluations, experimentation, and real user feedback.
Evaluate and benchmark frontier LLMs and VLMs for scientific accuracy, reasoning, and visual understanding, integrating new capabilities as models evolve.
Optimize model selection and routing to balance quality, cost, speed, and reliability.
Build shared AI infrastructure and internal tooling that help teams debug agent behavior, spot failure patterns, and ship improvements faster.
Define quality standards and establish monitoring, alerting, and triage for agent performance.
Partner with Product and Creative teams to translate qualitative feedback into measurable improvements.
What you bring
Experience leading other engineers and setting technical direction for complex, production-grade AI systems, whether as a senior IC or Engineering Manager.
Experience architecting and shipping an agent or multi-agent orchestration platform to production.
Hands-on experience with multiple frontier models and VLMs, including model routing and trade-offs between quality, cost, and speed.
Strong technical judgment on when to train or fine-tune models, and when not to.
An evaluation-first approach to improving AI systems, with a strong focus on output quality and understanding failure modes.
Ability to move quickly, adapt to emerging AI capabilities, and communicate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
People management experience is a strong plus.
Experience with AgentCore or other runtime engines is a plus.
A science background is a plus, but not required.
Why join us?
We are mission-driven: we work collaboratively towards our shared vision of improving scientific communication and accelerating scientific discovery. BioRender figures have appeared in more than 54,000 publications!
BioRender is loved by millions! We have a world-class NPS and a community of loyal fans and users in 200+ countries!
Our company is backed by top investors and accelerators like Y Combinator, and we are on a growth trajectory comparable to many top-performing SaaS companies
We’re remote-first with team members across Canada and the U.S., offering you the flexibility to work from anywhere.
BioRender is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. By submitting this application, you consent to the processing of your personal data by BioRender in accordance with GDPR and our Privacy Policy.
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