Description
At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way its about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
- We Seek A Better Way: We pursue bold ideas, embrace complexity, and keep pushing forward.
- We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, deliver with excellence, and always find a way.
- We Are Stronger Together: We engage with empathy, align around what's best for Veracyte, and celebrate as one team.
- We Care Deeply: We show up with integrity, kindness, and respect for one another.
The Position:
We are seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a team of engineers building scalable, secure, and highly available cloud-native services on AWS. In this role, you'll be responsible for driving day-to-day technical execution, delivering impactful products, and cultivating a collaborative and high-performing team culture. The ideal candidate combines solid technical knowledge with growing people leadership skills and a track record of delivering quality software solutions in an Agile/Scrum environment. Youll play a critical role in shaping our cloud platform and enabling teams across the organization to deliver reliable, secure, and high-quality cloud capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of engineers in designing and delivering cloud-native solutions on AWS using services such as Step Functions, Lambda, S3, and event-driven architectures, primarily with Python.
- Partner with cross-functional teamsincluding Product, CloudOps, Architecture, and R&Dto define technical direction, ensure alignment, and deliver solutions that meet customer needs.
- Drive Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to maintain team velocity and continuous improvement.
- Apply cloud best practices in cost optimization, observability, and architecture.
- Own the delivery of reliable and scalable backend services, APIs, websites, and distributed systems.
- Lead engineering best practices including CI/CD pipelines, IaC, automated testing, logging/monitoring, and code quality standards.
- Promote a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement within the team.
- Support engineers through coaching, mentorship, career development discussions, and clear goal setting.
- Contribute to recruiting and onboarding efforts for the team.
Who You Are:
- Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering, including 2+ years in engineering management or a team lead role.
- Experience designing, building, or operating production systems using AWS cloud services and modern cloud architecture.
- Hands-on experience with Scrum, including facilitating ceremonies, managing backlogs, and driving sprint commitments.
- Experience designing or operating production systems on AWS or another major cloud provider.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and the ability to communicate effectively across teams and stakeholders.
- Willingness to balance hands-on technical involvement with people management responsibilities.
Preferred Skills:
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or similar Agile certification.
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, etc.).
- Exposure to regulated environments (HIPAA, GDPR, etc.).
- Experience working in hybrid or remote team settings.
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For candidates based in our San Diego office, the salary (or hourly range is $172000 - $206000.
For candidates working remote (US), the salary or hourly range is $168000 - $183000.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
What We Can Offer You
Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified Great Place to Work in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.
About Veracyte
Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).
Veracyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Veracyte participates in E-Verify in the United States. View our CCPA Disclosure Notice
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