Engineering Manager, Pipeline Platform

Invitae is a leading medical genetics company trusted by millions of patients and their providers to deliver timely genetic information using digital technology. We aim to provide accurate and actionable answers to strengthen medical decision-making for individuals and their families. Invitae's genetics experts apply a rigorous approach to data and research, serving as the foundation of their mission to bring comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medicine to improve healthcare for billions of people.

The Pipeline Platform team builds the software that runs Invitae’s genetic data processing pipelines. This critical infrastructure enables the transformation of raw genetic data into interpretable information. We address foundational requirements like monitoring, alerting, security, and scalability at the platform level, allowing product teams to focus on delivering new genetic tests to our customers quickly.

The genetic testing space is moving and expanding quickly. In support of the Invitae mission, our engineering team needs to continue to move faster and with a greater focus on efficiency. We are looking for an engineering leader who can guide us through this transformation. Your experience, passion, and leadership skills will lay the foundation for Invitae’s continued success.

What you’ll do:

• Build and deliver the team’s vision and roadmap by combining your technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership
• Communicate and promote the value of the platform to engineering teams and business stakeholders
• Understand stakeholder requirements and translate those into outstanding developer experiences
• Work across all subject areas with partners to move software initiatives forward and ensure internal adoption
• Build a team environment where engineers are empowered to grow in their skills and responsibilities while delivering their best work
• Lead the team from ambiguity to clarity by maintaining stability, transparency, and alignment with business objectives
• Analyze data from multiple sources and help the team make the right trade-offs between capability, cost, engineering complexity, and other factors
• Define, track, and report on key metrics related to your team’s software systems
• Maintain the team’s focus on the shared vision

What you bring:

• Proven ability to lead initiatives from inception to production
• Ability to communicate how engineering system design relates to company outcomes
• Experience balancing operations, maintenance, and new projects in a pragmatic way
• Deep technical knowledge around web application architectures, APIs, and developer tools
• Ability to identify and reconcile misalignment across engineering teams, product teams, and business collaborators
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly present sophisticated data and information to a variety of audiences, both technical and non-technical

Nice to haves:

• Experience with biology, genetics, or bioinformatics
• Experience with Python, Django, AWS, or high-performance computing (HPC)

This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and location. This position is eligible for benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, flexible paid time off, Spring Health, Carrot Fertility, participation in a 401k with company match, ESPP, and many other additional voluntary benefits. Invitae also offers generous paid leave programs so you can spend time with your new child, recover from your own illness or care for a sick family member.California Pay Range$154,800—$190,300 USD

Please apply even if you don’t meet all of the “What you bring” requirements noted.  It’s rare that someone checks every single item, it’s ok, we encourage you to apply anyways.  

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