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Engineering Manager
Technologies
Description
We're a 20-person team building a browser-native scientific data platform used by Novartis, J&J, Daiichi-Sankyo, and other top pharma and biotech companies. Our platform was already 10x faster than the competition and delivered more value for less — even before the AI era. Now, we're taking it to the next level.
We're competing with Spotfire, Certara, Dotmatics, and Schrödinger — and winning. How? By building faster and smarter. Our engineering team has fully embraced AI-driven development (Claude Code, agentic workflows, AI-assisted testing), and it's become our biggest force multiplier. We ship in weeks what used to take quarters.
We're looking for an engineering leader who's already living this way — someone who has hands-on experience with agentic development tools and can help lead a team that's pushing the boundaries of what a small, focused group can deliver. You'll report directly to the CEO and have real authority to shape how we build.
What you'll build and lead
This isn't a "manage meetings and write status reports" role. You'll own critical product areas and ship alongside the team. Here's what's on the roadmap:
AI-powered agentic workflows
— Autonomous scientific agents that utilize Datagrok's plugins and integrations as tools.
Automated testing at scale
— Automatic scenarios using Playwright + AI, AI-driven bug reproduction and fixing, stress tests, unit tests, system health tests, plugin tests - everything integrated into CI-CD and managed by AI
Platform evolution
— Cross-application integration and eventing mechanicm, ClickHouse as an analytical backbone, high-performance computations
Enterprise integrations
— Databricks connectivity (ADBC/Arrow for 2–10x speedups), HuggingFace model integration, and dashboard importers for Tableau and Spotfire migrations
DevOps and infrastructure
— ArgoCD deployments, Docker image management, containerized dev environments, and OpenTelemetry observability across a multi-layer stack
AI-powered knowledge graph
— mapping source code, features, tests, docs, and Jira tickets to enable impact analysis and agentic development workflows across the entire codebase
Process improvements
- code reviews, better planning/outcome system, DX improvements, onboarding for new developers
What we're looking for
Must have:
You've already adopted autonomous agentic development in your own workflow (harnesses, tool-use architectures, AI-driven testing, etc)
5+ years as a strong engineer who still codes. This is a hands-on position
Experience leading a team (formal title matters less than demonstrated leadership)
Proficiency in TypeScript or Dart; comfort picking up new languages fast. Our core stack is Dart and TypeScript, with C++/WASM, Python, R, Julia, and Matlab in scientific plugins
Track record of delivering complex software products — not just managing people who do
You see a problem, you fix it. You don't write a proposal about fixing it. You don't wait for permission
Strong communication skills and fluent English — you'll work directly with technical clients at pharma companies and present to enterprise IT teams
Strong pluses:
Life sciences, cheminformatics, or bioinformatics background (or genuine curiosity about this space)
Experience building agentic AI systems — not just prompting LLMs, but designing autonomous pipelines, harnesses, tool-use architectures, or AI-driven testing frameworks
Background in high-performance computing, data visualization, or scientific computing
Startup DNA — you've built things from zero, worn multiple hats, and thrive without a playbook
What we offer
Real ownership
— reporting directly to the CEO, you'll lead critical product areas for a platform deployed at top-10 pharma companies, not maintain someone else's legacy code
An AI-first engineering culture
— we're not "exploring AI adoption." We've already made the transition. You'll help take it further
Direct client impact
— your work will be used daily by scientists doing drug discovery at companies you've heard of
Startup speed, enterprise clients
— the autonomy and pace of a small team, with the validation of Fortune 500 deployments
Fully remote, zero bureaucracy, flexible hours, unlimited PTO
Competitive compensation with growth equity opportunity
Paid training and certifications
We're competing with Spotfire, Certara, Dotmatics, and Schrödinger — and winning. How? By building faster and smarter. Our engineering team has fully embraced AI-driven development (Claude Code, agentic workflows, AI-assisted testing), and it's become our biggest force multiplier. We ship in weeks what used to take quarters.
We're looking for an engineering leader who's already living this way — someone who has hands-on experience with agentic development tools and can help lead a team that's pushing the boundaries of what a small, focused group can deliver. You'll report directly to the CEO and have real authority to shape how we build.
What you'll build and lead
This isn't a "manage meetings and write status reports" role. You'll own critical product areas and ship alongside the team. Here's what's on the roadmap:
AI-powered agentic workflows
— Autonomous scientific agents that utilize Datagrok's plugins and integrations as tools.
Automated testing at scale
— Automatic scenarios using Playwright + AI, AI-driven bug reproduction and fixing, stress tests, unit tests, system health tests, plugin tests - everything integrated into CI-CD and managed by AI
Platform evolution
— Cross-application integration and eventing mechanicm, ClickHouse as an analytical backbone, high-performance computations
Enterprise integrations
— Databricks connectivity (ADBC/Arrow for 2–10x speedups), HuggingFace model integration, and dashboard importers for Tableau and Spotfire migrations
DevOps and infrastructure
— ArgoCD deployments, Docker image management, containerized dev environments, and OpenTelemetry observability across a multi-layer stack
AI-powered knowledge graph
— mapping source code, features, tests, docs, and Jira tickets to enable impact analysis and agentic development workflows across the entire codebase
Process improvements
- code reviews, better planning/outcome system, DX improvements, onboarding for new developers
What we're looking for
Must have:
You've already adopted autonomous agentic development in your own workflow (harnesses, tool-use architectures, AI-driven testing, etc)
5+ years as a strong engineer who still codes. This is a hands-on position
Experience leading a team (formal title matters less than demonstrated leadership)
Proficiency in TypeScript or Dart; comfort picking up new languages fast. Our core stack is Dart and TypeScript, with C++/WASM, Python, R, Julia, and Matlab in scientific plugins
Track record of delivering complex software products — not just managing people who do
You see a problem, you fix it. You don't write a proposal about fixing it. You don't wait for permission
Strong communication skills and fluent English — you'll work directly with technical clients at pharma companies and present to enterprise IT teams
Strong pluses:
Life sciences, cheminformatics, or bioinformatics background (or genuine curiosity about this space)
Experience building agentic AI systems — not just prompting LLMs, but designing autonomous pipelines, harnesses, tool-use architectures, or AI-driven testing frameworks
Background in high-performance computing, data visualization, or scientific computing
Startup DNA — you've built things from zero, worn multiple hats, and thrive without a playbook
What we offer
Real ownership
— reporting directly to the CEO, you'll lead critical product areas for a platform deployed at top-10 pharma companies, not maintain someone else's legacy code
An AI-first engineering culture
— we're not "exploring AI adoption." We've already made the transition. You'll help take it further
Direct client impact
— your work will be used daily by scientists doing drug discovery at companies you've heard of
Startup speed, enterprise clients
— the autonomy and pace of a small team, with the validation of Fortune 500 deployments
Fully remote, zero bureaucracy, flexible hours, unlimited PTO
Competitive compensation with growth equity opportunity
Paid training and certifications