Software Engineering Manager

Number of employees

300

Berkeley, CA, United States

Posted on: 2022-04-22

Category: food

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Expired

Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

By growing meat directly from animal cells we're making future-friendly, real meat that makes you and the world smile. We stand for all of the good, and none of the bad. UPSIDE Foods is making our favorite food a force for good.

About us

At the forefront of farming and food, UPSIDE Foods is innovating new ways to produce real meat, without the need to breed, feed and slaughter animals. Our process begins with an animal cell, which is cultivated and harvested as meat. UPSIDE Foods is a mission-driven company focused on bringing to meat lovers an authentic product that is truly humane, sustainably produced, nutritious and delicious! We are now expanding our team of dedicated professionals across disciplines to make better meat for a better world.

About this job

Want to apply your software development talents to the challenge of producing cultivated meat?  Join UPSIDE Foods as a Software Engineering Manager in our Data team.  You will help build and expand the software systems that manage instruments, data, and knowledge in our labs and beyond.  Working directly with scientists, analysts and lab technicians, you will develop software to drive complex workflows, transform large-scale data, and provide smart user interfaces along the way.  Your passion for great code and broad knowledge of tools and architecture will be equally important as your excellent communication skills as you work with our team of exceptionally talented people.

Duties include

  • Use your experience in software team management to build software that supports UPSIDE Foods products and internal tools.
  • Manage a small team of Software engineers to customize a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).
  • Understand behaviors and dependencies among systems and organize code into modular, reusable microservices.
  • Manage the team using agile software development best practices.
  • Mentor and teach other team members to help improve their skills and elevate the software organization.

About you

  • Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering.
  • 4+ years of relevant work experience as an independent contributor or full-stack software engineer. 
  • 1+ year experience as people manager of a software team.
  • Experience in agile software development methodology.
  • Experience providing structure to teams and working closely with management and stakeholders to define strategic roadmaps.
  • Experience in one or more of the following: test automation, refactoring code, test-driven development, build infrastructure, optimizing software, debugging, building tools, and testing frameworks.
  • Willingness to teach others and learn new techniques.

Technical

  • Strong fluency in Java, Javascript React, and Python.
  • Hands-on experience with production software development infrastructure: Jira, Git, CI/CD.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS stack (S3, Lambda, ECS, ECR, EC2, SQS).
  • Hands-on experience with Docker.

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of cell and molecular biology, and/or prior work in biotech research.
  • Previous work with LIMS software and related systems.
  • Experience with tools and methods for data science, including R and Tableau.

UPSIDE Benefits!

  • Stock options for all full-time incoming team members!
  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for team members (medical, dental, vision)
  • Unlimited PTO / 3 Weeks PTO Accrued Annually
  • DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Council and People Engagement Programs
  • Company-sponsored learning & development opportunities

 

UPSIDE Foods is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Our company-wide mission is to create a product for everyone, so we are deeply committed to having teams and leaders that reflect this mission.

 

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