At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte – whether it be in one of our labs, corporate offices, the field – enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a results-driven environment that values innovation, collaboration, and compassion.
The Position:
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a key leadership role in designing, developing, and delivering scalable software solutions that shape the future of our products and services. You will be expected to provide technical expertise, mentor teams, and collaborate cross-functionally to align technical execution with business objectives. This is a hands-on engineering role where you will lead by example, making high-impact decisions and working on complex challenges. This is a hybrid position based out of San Diego, CA. However, for the right candidate, we may consider a remote employee living on the West Coast.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and implementation of complex software systems, ensuring they are secure, scalable, and maintainable.
- Develop architectural frameworks that are flexible and scalable, ensuring the future-readiness of our solutions.
- Guide and mentor other engineers, fostering a culture of learning and excellence.
- Work closely with product management, operations, and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between business goals and technical execution.
- Champion best practices for coding, testing, deploying, and monitoring software, ensuring robust and reliable solutions.
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying inefficiencies and introducing new technologies, tools, and methodologies.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of software development experience with a strong focus on back-end systems, cloud computing, and large-scale distributed applications.
- Expertise in languages such as Python, Typescript, or Java.
- Knowledge of web development technologies such as Node.js, React, Vue.js or similar.
- Strong experience with cloud services such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Deep understanding of microservice architecture, APIs, and container orchestration.
- Experience leading Agile or Scrum teams and driving continuous improvement in an Agile environment.
- Exceptional problem-solving abilities, with a track record of designing solutions for complex business challenges.
- Proven experience in leading engineering teams, with strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience building Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines.
- Familiarity with application security best practices.
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The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Veracyte is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.
Pay range
$157,000—$197,000 USD
What We Can Offer You
Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are proud to have been named a “Bay Area Top Workplace” for 11 years in a row by the Bay Area News Group and “Best Places to Work in San Diego” in 2023 by the San Diego Business Journal.
About Veracyte
Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global genomic diagnostics company that improves patient care by providing answers to clinical questions, informing diagnosis and treatment decisions throughout the patient journey in cancer and other diseases. The company’s growing menu of genomic tests leverage advances in genomic science and technology, enabling patients to avoid risky, costly diagnostic procedures and quicken time to appropriate treatment. The company’s tests in lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, bladder cancer and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are available to patients and its lymphoma subtyping and renal cancer tests are in development. With Veracyte’s exclusive global license to a best-in-class diagnostics instrument platform, the company is positioned to deliver its tests to patients worldwide. Veracyte is based in South San Francisco, California. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com and follow the company on X (Formerly Twitter).
Veracyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Veracyte participates in E-Verify in the United States. View our CCPA Disclosure Notice.
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Veracyte is a global diagnostics company that empowers clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer.
Our growing menu of diagnostic tests answers important clinical questions to help patients avoid risky, costly procedures and interventions, and accelerate time to appropriate treatment
