Software Engineering Manager (Full Stack)

QuartzBio Overview:

QuartzBio (www.quartz.bio) is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions provider to the life sciences industry. We deliver innovative, data enabling technologies (i.e., software) that provide biotech/pharma (R&D) teams with enterprise-level access to sample/biomarker data management solutions & analytics, information, insight & reporting capabilities.

Our end-to-end (from sample collection to biomarker data) suite of solutions are focused on providing sponsors information (data with context) – we do this by connecting biospecimen, assay as well as clinical data sources in a secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure, enabling seamless, automated data management workflows, key insight development, improved collaboration, and the ability to make faster, more informed decisions.

Position Summary:

As we continue to expand our software engineering team, we are seeking a Software Engineering Manager. You will work with a team of software engineers to design, develop, test and maintain software applications.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of software architecture, programming concepts and tools, and be able to work independently to solve complex technical problems.

Key Responsibilities (Shared across Roles):

• Requirement Analysis
  • Translate business requirements into clear, actionable technical documentation that guides development and testing.
  • Understand the purpose of new features and help communicate that purpose to team members.
  • Create design specifications, test plans, and unit tests for individual work scope.
  • Preemptively scan backlogs to surface important issues, apply relevant labels for triaging and tracking, and assist in prioritizing work.
  • Understand work processes and their interdependencies to ensure seamless integration.
• Development & Coding
  • Build new features or enhance existing ones based on defined specifications, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and security.
  • Evaluate existing software systems to identify areas for improvement, optimization, or refactoring.
  • Use profiling tools to identify and optimize inefficient code paths, memory usage, and system responsiveness.
  • Design and implement software systems in accordance with software development standards
  • Write clean, legible, efficient, and well-documented code.
  • Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of assigned tasks, contributing to overall project success and team velocity.
• Testing & Quality Assurance
  • Participate in software testing to identify, document, and resolve bugs and other issues.
  • Participate in code reviews and other quality assurance activities to ensure software systems are robust and performant.
  • Debug and troubleshoot complex software issues and provide timely solutions.
  • Ensure adherence to software development best practices and processes.
• Deployment & Maintenance
  • Perform ongoing maintenance to ensure software stability, reliability, and alignment with evolving business needs.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive documentation to support development, testing, and long-term maintenance.
• Collaboration & Communication
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including Product, Design, and Engineering teams) to design, develop, test, and maintain software applications.
  • Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to ensure shared understanding of requirements and implementation goals.
  • Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Leadership & Mentorship
  • Leads complex technical and functional projects, influences product and departmental strategy through strong leadership and domain expertise.
  • Contribute to hiring and retaining top engineering talent by conducting interviews, serving as an onboarding mentor and support/mentor new hires.
  • Mentor team members and provide guidance.
  • Help to support the work of their peers by pair programming, reviewing code, and through mentorship.
  • Actively contributes to the development of departmental strategies and decision-making.
  • Meets budgets and schedules for the entire project lifecycle.
• Professional Development
  • Continuously improve technical skills and stay up to date with emerging technologies.
• Other
  • Other duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities for Full-stack domain:

• Leads full stack development efforts across backend and frontend systems, ensuring scalable and maintainable, and secure architecture.
• Design and guides implementation of RESTful backend APIs and dynamic front-end interfaces using AngularJS/React.
• Translates complex business workflows into cohesive, user-centric full stack solutions by aligning data models, UI behavior, and backend logic.
• Oversees integration of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized deployments.
• Ensure robust testing, logging, and monitoring strategies are in place to maintain application reliability and performance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and a minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience in information technology (IT), software development/support and technology solutions.
• 4-6 years of experience working in a customer-facing role and leading projects.
• 2+ years of people management experience
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript).
• Proficient in SQL, relational databases and relational data modeling.
• Strong foundation in Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) with a focus on implementing efficient solutions.
• Proven experience designing, deploying, and managing solutions on the AWS Cloud Platform, with a strong understanding of core services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM for managing permissions and security and DynamoDB for NoSQL database management.
• Familiarity with AWS monitoring tools like CloudWatch for logging and performance tracking.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle and agile methodologies.
• Basic knowledge of project management processes and tools (e.g., project scheduling, budgeting, status reporting).
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence through clear documentation and concise report writing.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail and ability to produce high-quality work.

Qualifications for Full-stack Engineering:

• Proficiency in Python with experience in backend frameworks and libraries, such as Django or similar frameworks.
• Strong experience with RESTful API design and implementation.
• Hands-on experience with AWS CLI and SDKs for programmatic cloud resource management.
• Experience with Celery for task queue management and Gunicorn for WSGI application deployment.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, extensive experience with AngularJS, React and React hooks.
• Solid understanding of CSS and HTML5 including styling frameworks like
• Experience with webpack and webpack plug-ins for front-end optimization.
• Familiarity with “less” framework, Git, npm and yarn for version control and package management.
• Understanding CI/CD processes, Docker and containerized application development.
• Comfortable working in Linux-based environments and shell scripting for deployment and debugging.
• Strong grasp of collaborative development workflows using Git

Leadership expectations:

• Follows Company's Principles and code of ethics on a day-to-day basis.
• Shows appreciation for individual talents, differences, and abilities of fellow team members.
• Listens and responds with appropriate actions.
• Supports change initiatives and continuous process improvements.
• Communicates effectively and appropriately with colleagues, supervisors and clients.