Engineering Manager, BenchSci
Internal Data
+ equity
AI for biomedical research
Job no longer available
AI for biomedical research
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
+ equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To exponentially increase the speed and quality of life-saving research by empowering scientists with the world's most advanced biomedical artificial intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- You are passionate about mentoring and developing your team, fostering a high-performance culture, and aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and contribute code when needed
- 5+ years of experience working as a software developer 2+ years of experience working in a leadership capacity within software development
- Solid experience building end-to-end solutions and optimizing the development environment, processes, and practices
- Experience with end-to-end and client integration solutions
- Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills
- Strong experience with Python and programming fundamentals
- Experience working with Data Solutions
- Experience with data engineering design patterns and best practices
Desirable
- Experience with Data ingestion and Data Pipelines
- Experience building SaaS applications
- Experience with Conversational AI
- Experience with Machine Learning
What the job involves
- As an Engineering Manager, Internal Data you will be responsible for leading a team of talented full-stack, machine-learning, and data engineers in the design, development, and deployment of cutting-edge solutions
- Your team will work on our client’s data projects and partner closely with a client-facing solution architect
- Your deep technical expertise and experience with event-driven data pipelines incorporating online inference will be crucial as you guide your team through the entire development lifecycle, from discovery and solution design to implementation and deployment
- Ultimately, you will be accountable for the successful delivery of business objectives, ensuring your team's work directly contributes to the advancement of BenchSci's mission and the success of the scientists who rely on us
- Be accountable for your team’s components of internal data project delivery. Engage with Science and Product teams to facilitate the delivery of complex projects with high quality in a timely manner
- Be the engineering leader in our initiatives and lead the development efforts internally and with our teams
- Manage the performance evaluation, feedback, coaching, growth, and development of all engineers on your team
- Own and drive execution of the technical roadmap
- Take a leadership role in our recruiting, hiring, and onboarding processes
- Help improve the processes and patterns of interfacing with multiple teams
- Be accountable for the overall delivery of the internal data projects -- ensuring the quality of code and committing to the timelines
- Work with the product owner and solution architect to gather and refine the client’s requirements, and see development through to QA, deployment, and ongoing maintenance
- Help prioritize work for your team, making difficult tradeoffs on design based on business constraints, ensuring on-time deliverables and high-quality software
Our take
Over the past decade, the cost of bringing a drug to market has increased exponentially. But the number of drugs approved has stayed stagnant, leading to a decline in research productivity. Through development of AI-assisted software, BenchSci has allowed scientists to rapidly compute data from scientific journals and product catalogues to dramatically reduce these inefficiencies in the R&D process.
The company offers a lateral solution to traditional, manual data analysis to allow for data leveraging. Plus an automated, comprehensive overview of existing relevant research. These methods have made BenchSci a forerunner in the drug development industry; the company's software is used by leading pharmaceutical companies.
BenchSci continues to invest in its machine learning technology, and in 2023 launched ASCEND. This is software that extracts experimental evidence from internal and external sources to help improve the hit rate of drug trials. It has also raised considerable funds, the latest of which is supporting the expansion of the platform.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2023
$66m
SERIES D
Jan 2022
$43.8m
SERIES C
Total funding: $155m
Company benefits
- An engaging remote-first culture that hires the best talent from around the world
- Compensation package that includes BenchSci equity options
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits with an emphasis on mental health
- An annual Executive Health Assessment at Medcan for proactive health awareness
- Three weeks of vacation plus an additional day for every completed year
- A $2000 Annual Learning & Development budget
- Generous parental leave benefits with a top-up plan or paid time off options
- Additional time-off: 2 weeks for Winter Holiday, every other Friday in July and August, your birthday, and more!
- A $1000 work from home allowance to make your home setup perfect for you
- An Oculus Quest 2 to connect with your team members in Virtual Reality
- An executive coach for managers to assist in leading high-performing teams
- Complimentary Headspace account to support mental wellness and focus
- Complimentary genome sequencing from 23andMe to better understand your health through your DNA
Company values
- Focused advancement
- Speed
- Tenacity
- Transparency
Company HQ
South Core, Toronto, ON
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Leadership
Dr. Elvis Wianda
(Co-Founder & Chief Data Officer)Obtained a PhD studying Health & Medical Physics at the University of Toronto before joining BenchSci.
Dr. Tom Leung
(Co-Founder & CSO)Previously held roles within the University of Toronto as a Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Fellow.
Liran Belenzon
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded and held role as CEO at companies including Standy and Biz-Coupon. Currently a CDL Associate at Creative Destruction Lab.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at BenchSci
- Foundational DEI workshops around anti-bias, empathy, allyship, microaggressions, and discrimination
- Inclusive leadership training for all managers and open to all team members
- Inclusive hiring training for hiring managers and recruiters
- A centralized resource of information that promotes inclusivity
- Company-wide access to Crescendo to equip team members with customized learning paths that are tailored to their current knowledge levels
- Acknowledging and celebrating important and commemorative dates
- Building a group of DEI sponsors to support and encourage company-wide engagement around DEI conversations
- Holding DEI “Office Hours” for supporting individuals and teams who have questions or are seeking support with how to embed DEI into their work
- Restructuring our recruitment processes to ensure we are mitigating bias at every step of the hiring process
- Launching BenchSci Forward, our platform for change focused on the advancement of social issues such as diversity in STEM, mental health, and climate change
- Providing flexible parental leave, with the option of 75% top-ups for 20 weeks or 15 designated Parental Leave Days
- Providing mental health benefits for all team members, including mental wellness coverage up to $2,500, personalized executive coaching, regular mindfulness sessions, and extra vacation time
- Conducting a pay fairness analysis to ensure our compensation practices are equitable
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