Director of Engineering, Clinical Genomics jobs in United States
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Genomenon, Inc · 1 day ago

Director of Engineering, Clinical Genomics

Genomenon is an AI-driven biomedical intelligence company on a mission to save and improve lives by making biomedical information actionable. The Director of Engineering, Clinical Genomics will lead the hands-on technical development of clinical genetics software, focusing on both commercial applications and internal tools, while mentoring a small engineering team.

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Responsibilities

Lead the hands-on technical development of Genomenon’s clinical genetics software, including commercial applications (UI, APIs, and data deliverables) and internal tools supporting genetic curation
Act as a senior individual contributor and technical lead, spending a significant portion of time writing, reviewing, and shipping production code
Serve as the technical lead partner to Product, collaborating on strategic vision, functional requirements, roadmap definition, and sprint planning
Manage and mentor a small, high-impact engineering team (approximately 3 developers), with a focus on technical growth, code quality, and delivery rather than people administration
Design, implement, and review performant, maintainable user interfaces with a strong emphasis on modern UI engineering using React
Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Python and GO, supporting both user-facing applications and downstream data workflows
Develop and maintain CLI scripts, internal tools, and lightweight automation workflows to support engineering, data, and clinical operations
Contribute to system architecture and design decisions as platforms evolve to incorporate AI-derived data, new APIs, and scalable backend services
Establish and reinforce best practices around code quality, testing, documentation, and operational reliability across frontend and backend systems
Balance near-term delivery with long-term technical strategy, proactively identifying opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve scalability
Collaborate closely with data science, clinical curation, DevOps, and product stakeholders to ensure solutions are robust, practical, and well understood

Qualification

Full stack engineeringUI engineeringPythonGOReactAPI developmentSystem designMentoringCommunicationCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field; advanced degrees are a plus
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with recent, hands-on development as a core part of your role
Demonstrated experience as a full stack engineer, with strong depth in frontend development and solid backend expertise
Strong UI engineering foundation, including extensive experience building modern web applications with React and related frontend technologies
Proficiency in Python and GO for API development, business logic, and data integration
Experience writing CLI tools, scripts, and basic automation workflows to improve developer productivity and operational efficiency
Experience building and supporting API-driven systems that serve UI applications and downstream data consumers
Solid understanding of data modeling, schema design, and complex domain-driven systems
Prior experience mentoring engineers or acting as a tech lead, with limited but meaningful people management responsibilities
Strong system design skills, with experience evolving or modernizing existing software platforms
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with comfort working closely with Product and cross-functional stakeholders
Commitment to writing high-quality, well-tested, maintainable software

Preferred

Experience working with bioinformatics, genomics, or clinical data systems
Familiarity with basic genetics concepts and clinical interpretation workflows
Experience integrating AI-derived or ML-adjacent systems into production software
Experience modernizing or scaling SaaS platforms in regulated or high-impact domains

Company

Genomenon, Inc

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Genomenon is a leading genomic intelligence company dedicated to improving the quality of patients’ lives by uncovering the genomic drivers of genetic disease and cancer.

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$38.23M
Key Investors
BeringeaNational Institutes of HealthMichigan Angel Fund
2024-05-16Series Unknown· $5.46M
2022-03-08Series B· $20M
2022-02-15Grant· $1.7M

Leadership Team

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Mike Klein
Chief Executive Officer
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Sean Kearney
Chief Financial Officer
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