Position: Lead Software Engineer/Tech Lead (with PhD)
Company: Datagrok
Category: C++
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Datagrok is looking for a talented leader to help us scale and continue to build innovative products. We are a US-based startup working in the biotech area. Our product can analyze millions of data points right in the browser and use AI to learn from data.

**Responsibilities:**
● Have a large amount of impact and autonomy
● Lead the engineering team of ~ 20 people
● Develop clean, high-performance, well-documented, production-level code
● Identify and use emerging technologies such as WebGL or WASM.
● Establish and lead initiatives like code review, unit testing, documentation, etc
● Work with highly technical clients in the life science space
● Drive multiple projects and deliver reliable, scalable, and high-quality solutions
● Build, own, and deploy critical parts of the product
● Cultivate best engineering and coding practices
● Design and develop Datagrok onboarding program for our employees, clients, and partners, manage/train junior staff

**Requirements:**
● B.S. or more advanced degrees in Computer or Life Science
● 5+ years as an engineer and 2+ years of experience leading a team of at least 5 people
● Very strong engineer with a passion for performance, capable to lead by example
● Expert in any: (C++, C#, Java, JS, TS, Dart). Comfortable with new languages
● Experience with software architecture and DevOps
● Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills. 
● Solid people management skills.
● You get things done, no bs and no excuses

**Nice to have:**
● Life sciences / academia background / PhD is a strong plus
● Start-up experience and passion for building things from the ground up
● Algorithms, data processing, high-performance computing, ML
● UX and good aesthetic taste, interactive visualizations, web development

**We offer:**
● Fully remote work
● Flexible working hours
● Unlimited vacations / PTO
● Excellent growth opportunities in a highly dynamic, unique product company
● Zero bureaucracy
● Paid trainings and certifications
● Competitive compensation