Director, Software Engineering at Truvian Sciences
San Diego, CA
$205,000–$220,000from the description
Aug 9, 2026
San Diego, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Director of Software Engineering role at a healthcare diagnostics company, responsible for leading all software development for an FDA-cleared blood testing platform. The position spans instrument control software, cloud connectivity, cybersecurity, and quality systems within a regulated IVD environment, and involves building and managing a team of internal engineers and external partners. Suited to an experienced engineering leader with a background in medical device or IVD software development and regulatory compliance.
Senior level · 10+ years · San Diego, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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What the occupation pays Median $211,286 (middle half $169,099–$267,976). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (7)
The posting does not name a specific city, but Truvian is headquartered in San Diego, CA; the CBSA has been set accordingly.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role has explicit direct-report and team-building responsibilities (pointing to 11-3021), but the JD also emphasizes deep hands-on technical ownership of architecture, release management, and regulated software practices — a strong 15-1252 signal. 11-3021 was chosen as primary because people management is explicitly called out as a supervisory role with hiring, mentoring, and managing contractors.
Advertised seniority is set to Principal based on the 'Director' title; however, the actual scope and experience requirements (10+ years total, 5+ years leading teams, single-product focus) are consistent with a Senior-level role on a normal career ladder.
The cloud platform requirement ('AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud') is listed under required qualifications with 'such as' framing — AWS is named as primary with Azure and GCP as stated alternatives.
Skills such as 'design controls', 'verification and validation', 'risk management', and 'software lifecycle management' are named regulatory/process frameworks rather than discrete tools, but they are explicitly and concretely required in this regulated-device context and are retained as required skills.
HL7, LIS, and EMR/EHR integrations appear only under the Nice-to-Have section.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): FDA-regulated software development, risk management, software lifecycle management.
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