About the Role

Lead platform engineering for the compute, data, AI, and security infrastructure behind a biotechnology sequencing operation. You will combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership to build reliable systems that support lab operations and scientific data processing.

What You'll Do

Own services that orchestrate lab devices, including robots, sequencers, and on-premises Linux servers, as well as the data ingestion pipeline.

Build cloud infrastructure and data pipelines to store, process, and deliver large volumes of sequencing data.

Design reliable orchestration and scheduling systems for large-scale bioinformatics workloads using queues, workflows, and state machines.

Build AI infrastructure and internal tools for agentic systems that monitor quality, coordinate logistics, and support adaptive bioinformatics analysis.

Lead cross-functional projects from problem definition through production, connecting architectural decisions to operational and business outcomes.

Mentor teammates and contribute directly to platform and backend engineering work.

What We're Looking For

At least 5 years of experience in platform, backend, or infrastructure engineering, with a strong individual-contributor focus.

Strong AWS orchestration experience, including ECS, Batch, and Step Functions, plus Python backend development with FastAPI or Django.

Experience administering Linux servers and building production distributed systems, including task queues such as Celery or SQS.

Experience scaling systems in a fast-growing startup environment and owning systems over time.

Proven technical leadership, including cross-functional project leadership and experience mentoring or managing engineers.

Experience building LLM or agent systems, including tooling, evaluation, permissions, prompts, and workflows.

A technical degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or physics, or equivalent experience, and curiosity about biotechnology or scientific domains.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $205,000 to $235,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

Hybrid in South San Francisco, California.