Manager, Software Test

Eikon Therapeutics is a new biopharmaceutical company employing revolutionary technology at the intersection of chemistry, engineering, computation, and biology to discover novel treatments for life-threatening diseases. Eikon’s discovery platform is built on groundbreaking innovations from its founders (Nobel Prize, 2014), culminating in the creation of microscopes which enable real-time, molecular-resolution measurements of protein movement in living cells, thereby unlocking otherwise intractable classes of proteins as drug targets. 

Position 

The Manager, Software Test will build and manage a team of Software Test Engineers that will design and implement tests for both R&D and production software integral to Eikon’s drug-discovery and related product development efforts. 

About You 

You have a passion for testing (and breaking!) software both mechanistically and scientifically, exposing bugs and conceptual errors. You have a desire deeply understand the broad scientific and business context (the “why”) of scientific experiments as well as “how” these experiments are designed, performed, and analyzed. You are a compassionate manager able to help your team juggle competing priorities and stay focused on long-term goals, while encouraging them to have flexibility to keep up with the pace of experimental science.  

What You’ll Do 

• Build and lead a team of test engineers that will work closely with product management, software development and scientific teams to ensure high-quality software tools
• Write and review test plans in some cases in a controlled document environment
• Design and implement integration and end-to-end tests for existing, new, and third-party tools
• Identify gaps in unit and component-level tests and coordinate multiple software engineering teams in filling these gaps
• Compile metrics on code quality, complexity and gaps in test coverage and drive improvement with the software team

Qualifications 

• B.S. in computer science or equivalent experience 
• 6+ years of experience as a manager of professional Software test team
• Experience with Agile/Scrum workflows and Atlassian CI/CD tools such as bamboo, Jira, confluence, and X-ray is required
• Experience with testing tools such as Celery, Selenium, pytest, and postman is a strong plus
• Familiarity with scientific software and automation systems in a multi-disciplinary biotech environment (e.g., high-throughput screening, genetics, microscopy) 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Team oriented, flexible, able to adapt to rapidly evolving goals and challenges 
• Enthusiasm for gaining biological and drug discovery experience essential 

Eikon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment. 

In accordance with the Company’s duty to provide and maintain a safe workplace, the Company requires all employees to have received both an FDA-approved primary vaccine series and at least one booster vaccine against COVID-19 as of their start date. If you are unable to meet this requirement due to a disability or serious medical condition, or due to a sincerely held religious belief, you will have an opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation.