Engineering Manager, BenchSci
Data and ML
+ Equity
AI usage for efficient biomedical research
Be an early applicant
AI usage for efficient biomedical research
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To exponentially increase the speed and quality of life-saving research by empowering scientists with the world's most advanced biomedical artificial intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- You are passionate about mentoring and developing your team, fostering a high-performance culture, and aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and contribute code when needed
- 4+ years working as a professional developer
- 2+ years working as an engineering team manager
- Experience hiring and building motivated engineering teams
- Strong experience with Python and programming fundamentals
- Experience working with Data Solutions incorporating online and batch ML inference
- Experience with data engineering and machine learning design patterns and best practices
- Experience shipping machine learning into distributed, data-intensive production systems
- Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills
- Worked on projects that have gone from proof-of-concept through multiple maintenance stages
- Experience working in a Cloud native environment (Azure, GCP or AWS)
Desirable
- Deep experience with NLP and/or Vision ML solutions including language and/or multimodal models
- A background in Life Science
- Work experience at companies during rapid growth stages
- Experience working with GCP, specifically including Vertex AI, Dataflow, BigQuery, and GKE
What the job involves
- We are looking for an Engineering Manager, Data and ML, to join our growing Data and ML team and report to the Director of Engineering, Data, and Machine Learning. You will lead a team that works on challenging problems to impact the 41,000+ scientists worldwide who rely on BenchSci for their research
- As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of talented engineers in the design, development, and deployment of cutting-edge data and machine learning solutions
- Your deep technical expertise and experience with event-driven data pipelines incorporating online inference will be crucial as you guide your team through the entire development lifecycle, from discovery and solution design to implementation and deployment
- Ultimately, you will be accountable for the successful delivery of business objectives, ensuring your team's work directly contributes to the advancement of BenchSci's mission and the success of the scientists who rely on us
- Adaptability is key to success in this role, as change happens often, and you will need to navigate ambiguity. Our ideal candidate is flexible and supportive, knowing when to step in and work hands-on with their team and when to lean out and direct
Our take
Over the past decade, the cost of bringing a drug to market has increased exponentially while the number of drugs approved has stayed stagnant, leading to a decline in research productivity. Through development of AI-assisted software, BenchSci has allowed scientists to rapidly compute data from scientific journals and product catalogues to dramatically reduce these inefficiencies in the R&D process.
The company offers a lateral solution to traditional, manual data analysis to allow for data leveraging and an automated, comprehensive overview of existing relevant research. These methods have made BenchSci a forerunner in the drug development industry; the company's software is used by leading pharmaceutical companies.
BenchSci continually invests in its machine learning technology, and in January 2023 announced the launch of ASCEND, software that extracts experimental evidence from internal and external sources to create commercially available maps of disease biologies, improving the hit rate of drug trials.
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Company Specialist
Insights
31% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2023
$70.1m
SERIES D
Jan 2022
$46.5m
SERIES C
Total funding: $161.7m
Company benefits
- An engaging remote-first culture that hires the best talent from around the world
- A competitive compensation package that includes BenchSci equity options
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits with an emphasis on mental health
- An annual Executive Health Assessment at Medcan for proactive health awareness
- Three weeks of vacation plus an additional day for every completed year
- A $2000 Annual Learning & Development budget
- Generous parental leave benefits with a top-up plan or paid time off options
- Additional time-off: 2 weeks for Winter Holiday, every other Friday in July and August, your birthday, and more!
- A $1000 work from home allowance to make your home setup perfect for you
- An Oculus Quest 2 to connect with your team members in Virtual Reality
- An executive coach for managers to assist in leading high-performing teams
- Complimentary Headspace account to support mental wellness and focus
- Complimentary genome sequencing from 23andMe to better understand your health through your DNA
Company values
- Focused advancement
- Speed
- Tenacity
- Transparency
Company HQ
South Core, Toronto, ON
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Leadership
Dr. Elvis Wianda
(Chief Data Officer)Obtained a PhD studying Health & Medical Physics at the University of Toronto before joining BenchSci.
Dr. Tom Leung
(CSO)Previously held roles within the University of Toronto as a Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Fellow.
Liran Belenzon
(CEO)Previously co-founded and held role as CEO at companies including Standy and Biz-Coupon. Currently a CDL Associate at Creative Destruction Lab.
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Diversity & Inclusion at BenchSci
- Foundational DEI workshops around anti-bias, empathy, allyship, microaggressions, and discrimination
- Inclusive leadership training for all managers and open to all team members
- Inclusive hiring training for hiring managers and recruiters
- A centralized resource of information that promotes inclusivity
- Company-wide access to Crescendo to equip team members with customized learning paths that are tailored to their current knowledge levels
- Acknowledging and celebrating important and commemorative dates
- Building a group of DEI sponsors to support and encourage company-wide engagement around DEI conversations
- Holding DEI “Office Hours” for supporting individuals and teams who have questions or are seeking support with how to embed DEI into their work
- Restructuring our recruitment processes to ensure we are mitigating bias at every step of the hiring process
- Launching BenchSci Forward, our platform for change focused on the advancement of social issues such as diversity in STEM, mental health, and climate change
- Providing flexible parental leave, with the option of 75% top-ups for 20 weeks or 15 designated Parental Leave Days
- Providing mental health benefits for all team members, including mental wellness coverage up to $2,500, personalized executive coaching, regular mindfulness sessions, and extra vacation time
- Conducting a pay fairness analysis to ensure our compensation practices are equitable
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