Engineering Manager, Invitae
Cloud Platform Core Team
$138.4-173k
Expert genetic insights
Job no longer available
Expert genetic insights
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$138.4-173k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medicine to improve healthcare for billions of people.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; 2 years of leadership experience preferred
- Good consultative, communication, teammate and analytical skills are a must, as you will be regularly interacting between various teams
- Experience coaching and mentoring others
- Self-motivated to remain informed on current and emerging trends and best practices
- Ability to work within a fast-paced environment with short timelines
- Understanding of AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, cloud-native development, and containerization architecture and best practices
- Understanding of DevOps and DevSecOps including current industry leading services and systems
- Experience leading a fully remote team a plus
What the job involves
- The mission for our platform is to streamline the software development and deployment processes across Invitae
- The Core team works as a part of Invitae’s Cloud team to build the and maintain the components and infrastructure that enable the other development teams in the organization to rapidly build scalable and stable software
- The Engineering Manager of the Core team is responsible for leading the engineers that build the solutions to accomplish the mission
- They will make effective decisions, create an environment of growth and success within the team, and ensure that the team is aligned to tactical and strategic goals to help our stakeholders and the business at large
- Provide leadership of a team of software developers to support their delivery, growth, decision making in support of platform and business goals
- Define the vision of the team in alignment with the platform and the broader organizational strategy
- Set objectives and holds team accountable for delivering them on time and at quality
- Introduce and run efficient processes and operational mechanisms that drive outcomes and impact
- Create coherent designs with multiple systems that interact across system boundaries
- Provide quality feedback on designs written by other engineers
- Build healthy partnerships with stakeholders and related teams that rely on the teams
- Communicate statuses, standards, practices, and results effectively
Our take
Invitae is a medical genetics company that is focused on bringing comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medicine, to improve healthcare for all people at any stage of their life. Its platform is made for providers and patients, with the ability to customize genetic tests in just a few clicks, and flexible pricing that ensures the service is widely accessible.
Despite being lauded for its low selling prices and high testing volume - which makes clinical-grade genetic testing available to the masses - Invitae has received criticism for the way it has been managed. This resulted in a strategic restructuring of the company in 2022, which deprioritised the company's focus on growth, so it could focus on becoming a more sustainable business. In 2024, it listed itself as bankrupt and through a sale, was purchased by Labcorp.
Despite this tumult, Invitae's new home at Labcorp means the company can still extend its platform. Further development of Invitae will be fueled by a range of investments in the form of convertible debt due in 2028 and share exchanges.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-35% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2014
$120m
SERIES F
Dec 2013
$40m
SERIES E
Total funding: $195.5m
Company benefits
- Equity Options
- Comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, and vision
- Generous vacation days ("take all the time you need; don't let your team down") and an excellent family leave policy
- Flexible working hours and opportunities to work from home
Company HQ
Design District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Kenneth Knight
(CEO, not founder)Previously worked at Amazon as Vice President, leading Middle Mile operations. Initially served as COO at Invitae, becoming CEO in 2022.
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