Backend Engineering Manager
USA
Technology – Engineering /
Full Time /
Remote
Join Citrine as a Backend Team Lead and shape the future of our organization! You'll lead a dynamic team, fostering inclusivity, and driving impactful solutions that align with our business vision.
About Citrine Informatics
At Citrine, we’re using generative Artificial Intelligence to enable our customers to usher in the next generation of sustainable, high-performing materials and chemicals.
We’re the leader in AI for materials and chemicals. Our no-code SaaS platform gives product developers, researchers, and engineers access to domain-specific data management and AI tools. Our models propose new ways to combine ingredients and processes that are most likely to outperform, helping companies discover and deploy innovative, sustainable, high-performing materials and chemicals up to 98% faster than traditional R&D approaches.
Citrine regularly wins awards for innovation and sustainability, earning spots on the CB Insights AI 100 list and the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the US. Our customers include leading organizations such as LyondellBasell, Panasonic, Michelin, Synthomer, and Solvay. We also collaborate with researchers from world-renowned institutions on cutting-edge research at the intersection of AI and the physical sciences.
Our team is ambitious with our goals, passionate about our vision, driven by our sustainability mission, and eager to grow and learn from each other. We’re headquartered in California, with team members throughout North America and Europe. We’re growing quickly, and we’re looking for the best to join us!
About the Role
Join Citrine as a Backend Team Lead and shape the future of our organization! You'll lead a dynamic team, fostering inclusivity, and driving impactful solutions that align with our business vision. Guiding our technical roadmap, you'll lead cross-functional collaborations, optimizing productivity and efficiency across the board. With a focus on simplicity and maintainability, you'll architect robust systems and champion our migration towards multi-tenant platforms. Your expertise will ensure our backend services are not only high-performing but also reliable and scalable. Through mentorship and coaching, you'll empower team members to maximize their potential while championing enhancements to our developer experience. As a key player in our on-call rotation, you'll ensure rapid incident response and minimal interruptions to our services. Join us in revolutionizing the Materials Informatics landscape, where innovation and collaboration drive our success!
Responsibilities
- Create and advocate for a vision for the backend team’s role at Citrine. Foster inclusivity and facilitate effective communication between the backend team and the rest of the organization.
- Maximize the impact of the backend team. Prioritize high-value solutions to achieve our business goals.
- Direct the career development and technical growth of the team through mentorship and coaching in software engineering best practices, design, and system architecture.
- Create and drive progress on technical roadmaps – working across team boundaries for larger projects. Optimize productivity by prioritizing productivity improvements, running effective meetings, and effective staffing.
- Guide our systems architecture with an emphasis on simplicity and maintainability. You’ll be a key contributor as we migrate towards multi-tenant systems.
- Own and lead improvements to our backend service architecture – maximizing its performance and reliability.
- Instrument and improve the observability of our backend system.
- Mentor engineers on best practices for instrumentation and observability.
- Manage and participate in an on-call rotation with other software engineers.
- Improve the developer experience helping maximize development velocity and minimizing interruptions.
Skills and Experience
- 10+ years as a software engineer or equivalent role.
- 5+ years of experience managing people.
- 5+ years of project management experience.
- Demonstrated results in a fast-paced environment.
Nice-to-Haves
- AWS, Jenkins, Datadog, Github
- Python, Node/Typescript
- Data Engineering
- Scala
- Experience in an ISO-27001 or SOC2-compliant environment
- Studies have shown that women and underrepresented minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification listed. Citrine Informatics is invested in creating a diverse, authentic, and inclusive team, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with what you read above, please consider applying anyways!
Our Core Values
Citrine Informatics recognizes that its most valuable asset is its people. We have created our set of Core Values to encourage, support, and invest in our team as they work to innovate and support a more sustainable world. Our Core Values reflect our ongoing commitment to continuously invest in nurturing our talent and our people-first approach to conducting business.
- We take pride in and recognize the successes and growth of ourselves and our colleagues. We support each other in our growth.
- We prototype and collect data to make good decisions. We question that data and are constantly iterating to find the best solution.
- We are all owners of Citrine and make decisions like owners. We work autonomously with personal and organizational accountability.
- We commit to building a diverse and inclusive community within Citrine and actively promote equity and belonging.
- We are tirelessly committed to creating value for our customers.
- We exist to help our customers accelerate the development of sustainable products that are critical to the future of both our planet and our industry.
Compensation and Pay Transparency
At Citrine, we want your path to career growth to be transparent, straightforward, fair, and easily accessible -- starting with your application and interview process. The annual salary range(s) listed below reflect the level(s) we are considering for this position (please note that there may be unique situations where you may fall outside of this range). Where you fall within the range(s) will depend on how your experience and skills align to our internal leveling system as we learn more about you throughout the interview process.
$185,000 USD - $220,000 USD
*Range(s) listed are for full-time employees based in the United States only.
Accommodations
Citrine is an inclusive work environment, and we are committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities. Please email us at peopleops@citrine.io or inform your recruiter if you require any reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process.
Benefits (for full-time US-based positions)
4 different medical benefit plan options
Dental, Vision, FSA, and HSA plans
4% 401k company match
Personal financial advisor and basic free legal guidance
$5,000 annual continuing education budget
$600 equipment budget
Unlimited PTO and 15 holidays
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Company-sponsored personal development courses
Mentoring Program (internal and external)
Monthly DE&I events
Swag, parties, entertainment budget
FLEX hours and location
