# Director, Software Engineering at Element Biosciences

- Company: Element Biosciences
- What the company does: Element Biosciences develops genomic sequencing and multiomics technologies used in biological research, drug discovery, and diagnostic applications. Backed by Venrock.
- Company website: https://elementbiosciences.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Diego - Headquarters
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $254K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/elementbiosciences/jobs/6179887004
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/element-biosciences-director-software-engineering/

## About the role

We're hiring a Director of Software Engineering to lead a team of developers building the software that powers our multi-omic instruments and platforms. Your team's surface area spans frontend, backend, cloud services, instrument software, CLI/API, and agentic tooling -- across customer-facing products and internal tools that keep the rest of the organization moving fast. This is a hands-on Director role.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Bioengineering, or related field (advanced degree preferred)
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years directly managing engineering teams
- Track record shipping production-grade software across the full stack -- frontend, backend, cloud services, and workflow orchestration
- Hands-on fluency with our stack or close equivalents: Go, React, MongoDB, Redis, gRPC, GraphQL, Temporal, Ubuntu, AWS
- Daily fluency with AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude, or similar) and demonstrated experience introducing or scaling agentic SDLC workflows within a team
- Experience shipping software that spans instrumentation, cloud SaaS, and CLI/API tooling

Tags: Software