[dvdt]

I'm the Co-founder and CTO of BillionToOne, one of the biotech companies profiled in the post.

We're recently opened up a position for a Staff Software Engineer (https://apply.workable.com/billiontoone/j/2F0405817C/).

If you're interested, please reach out to me directly at [e-mail]

[tikirey]

I'm a CTO as well and have been fascinated by biotech field. Could you please describe briefly what's it like to be CTO in biotech? What kind of problems do you solve?

[nceqs3]

Did you guys use a law firm to file your patents? How difficult was the process?

[nickff]

Not parent, but have been involved in getting patents. The process itself is not that complicated, but it can be difficult to get a patent which has some value (very easy to end up with a worthless one). I recommend reading the Nolo book on patents, if only to help you understand what's going on, and help you select a good attorney.

https://store.nolo.com/products/patent-it-yourself-pat.html

[dvdt]

We used a law firm. The paperwork was quite straightforward because our attorney managed it.