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Director, Software Engineering

San Diego - Headquarters💼 Full-time💰 $180,000–$180,000🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a team of developers building full-stack software for multi-omic instruments and platforms, balancing hands-on IC engineering with team management.

Role type

Senior IC Director of Software Engineering

Builds

Customer-facing multi-omic instrument software, internal tools, cloud services, and agentic AI workflows

Domain

Life sciences / Bioinformatics / Scientific Instrumentation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Full-stack software engineering, team leadership and mentoring, architecture and design, regulated software development (IEC 62304, ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR Part 820), AI/LLM integration, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Experience with multi-omic/DNA sequencing workflows, advanced degree in CS/Bioengineering

Technologies

Go, React, MongoDB, Redis, gRPC, GraphQL, Temporal, Ubuntu, AWS, Cursor, Claude

Responsibilities

Set technical direction and align execution with product roadmaps; own end-to-end delivery for product areas; drive adoption of agentic SDLC practices; debug complex cross-system issues; oversee design controls and V&V documentation for regulated products; partner with chemistry and hardware teams to translate workflows into software

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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