Manager, Software Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Offer technical leadership for a software development team based in the US and internationally.

• Direct the technical design, architecture, and implementation strategy for services and integrations.

• Establish engineering best practices, ensuring the safe application of AI tools within a regulated environment.

• Develop production code for team services, particularly focusing on critical-path and cross-team initiatives.

• Review merge requests and uphold standards for accuracy, test coverage, and maintainability.

• Create and enhance automated tests, validate changes prior to release, and manage production issue triage.

• Utilize AI coding assistants and agentic tools such as Claude Code, GitHub, and Cursor.

• Revamp workflows to incorporate AI-assisted ticket refinement, specification-driven development, code reviews, test generation, and automation.

• Assess AI's impact on cycle time, lead time, quality, and the duration from grooming to readiness.

• Oversee projects that encompass product launches, platform migrations, and production support.

• Define objectives, deliverables, interdependencies, resources, risks, and project structures.

• Encourage collaboration, resolve challenges, evaluate performance, and ensure project delivery.

• Conduct Agile rituals, including stand-ups, retrospectives, planning sessions, and demonstrations.

• Mentor team members, provide constructive feedback, hold one-on-one meetings, conduct performance evaluations, and recruit a diverse pool of talent.

• Work in collaboration with product management, laboratory operations, bioinformatics, clinical teams, quality assurance, and other stakeholders.

• Enhance software development processes to boost quality, innovation, and efficient delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

• Over 2 years of demonstrated experience in building and managing high-performing engineering teams.

• More than 5 years of expertise in software development utilizing Java or comparable languages.

• Hands-on, daily experience with AI coding tools and agentic workflows, along with experience assisting a team in their adoption.

• Proven experience and aptitude for leading remote teams.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

• A genuine passion for people management and mentorship.

• Experience in constructing enterprise back-end services using Java/Spring Boot or similar technologies.

• Proficiency with distributed and event-driven systems like Kafka, workflow orchestration tools such as Temporal, relational databases, and AWS.

• Competence in coding, design, architecture, and conducting code reviews.

• Experience in test automation.

• Proven ability to leverage AI to significantly enhance a team's delivery, supported by data analysis.

• Sound judgment regarding AI verification, security, patient data privacy, and regulated software validation.

• Excellent skills in Agile project management.

• Capability to manage global teams across various time zones.

• Experience in biotech, diagnostics, healthcare, or another regulated industry is a significant advantage.

• Familiarity with Next Generation Sequencing data, bioinformatics pipelines, or genomics workflow platforms is beneficial.

• Previous experience developing software in regulated environments such as CLIA/CAP, FDA design controls, or 21 CFR Part 11 is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans available for eligible employees and their dependents.

• Complimentary testing for employees and their immediate families.

• Fertility care benefits.

• Leave for pregnancy and bonding with newborns.

• 401k retirement benefits.

• Commuter benefits.

• Employee referral program.