Director, Software Engineering

About Us:

Culture’s mission is to make bioprocess development and scale-up as fast and easy as scaling software. Since our founding in 2016, our work has been to enable biotech and biopharma companies to accelerate the development of their therapeutic targets to get to the clinic – and potentially patients - faster and easier. In accomplishing that purpose, the team at Culture is just one step away from impacting patient well-being and positive health outcomes.

Culture’s first offering enabled biopharma, biotechnology, and synthetic biology companies to run their bioprocessing R&D in the cloud and we continue to innovate with both hardware and software into other areas with additional offerings.

The Opportunity: 

Culture Biosciences is looking for a Director, Software Engineering. This role will play a key part in shaping the product and team that will build core infrastructure and will lead a distributed team of talented software engineers.

What you'll do:

• Responsible for shaping the technical vision and goals of the software engineering team. 
• Partner with the Product Management team to align the technical roadmap to product strategy.
• Leverage deep understanding of technology to make decisions on scalable architecture, devops tools, infrastructure improvements, and process optimizations.
• Operate as an engaged leader with cross-functional teams and provide subject matter and technical expertise for multiple development projects. 
• Oversee adherence to cybersecurity protocols.
• Ensure effective, on-time shipping of product improvements and features. 
• Cultivate a culture of operational and engineering excellence. 
• Establish new/improve existing engineering KPIs.
• Lead the day to day operations of the distributed software engineering team and manage effectively through technical guidance, support and mentorship.
• Facilitate and coach software engineering teams on engineering requirements estimate and work sizing.
• Hold regular 1:1’s and skip levels to ensure staff engagement, development and create avenues for feedback.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations and provide constructive feedback for professional growth.

Our tech stack includes:

Backend: Python, GraphQL, MySQL, and Redis 

Frontend: Next.js with TypeScript, React 

Infrastructure: AWS 

Collaboration tools: GitHub, Linear, Slack, Notion

About you:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) majors 
• 10+ years of combined software development and management experience with increasing responsibilities
• 3+ years of managing software organizations over 10 people
• Experience managing full stack engineering teams
• Experience with Cloud Services architecture with: 
• Amazon Web Services (primary)
• Google Cloud Platform (secondary)
• Experience at an early to mid-stage startup. 
• Experience w/ managing software development for equipment monitoring/control would be valued.

In return, we offer a supportive environment. Our company values are:

• Lift others up. Because we all do better when we help each other succeed.
• Commitment to reliability. Our teammates and customers are counting on us.
• Think like an owner. Progress is driven by teams who care.
• Try new things. Big innovations start with small ideas and actions

Location & Schedule:

• This is an onsite hybrid position. We’re looking for someone based in the San Francisco Bay Area who is able to work in person at our office in South San Francisco at least 2 days per week (Tuesday & Wednesday are our common office days). 

Base Salary Range:

Culture Biosciences's compensation package includes market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, and great benefits. Our expected salary range for this role is $245,000 to $265,000. We are hiring for multiple levels and backgrounds so final offers may vary within the range provided based on experience, expertise, and other factors.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and equity compensation
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
• Medical and Dependent Care FSA (prorated based on start-date)
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Responsible Time Off (non-accrual based) policy, 10 paid company holidays and a week-long winter break
• 12 weeks of parental leave at full salary
• For onsite employees:
• Commuter benefits
• Access to on-site child care facility, subject to availability
• Free onsite breakfast, lunch, snacks, coffee, and gym 

Culture Biosciences provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. We seek to build a company that promotes inclusion and expands the diversity of our industry as a whole. We encourage people with identities underrepresented in biotech and technology to apply.