Lead Platform Engineer
- Location
- South San Francisco, San Francisco
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Compensation
- $205k – $235k + equity
- Visa
- Sponsorship for Exceptional Candidates
About this role
Technical lead for the compute, data, AI, and security infrastructure that runs our sequencing operation.
You will
- Own core services that orchestrate lab devices (robots, sequencers, on-prem Linux servers) and the data ingestion pipeline
- Build cloud infrastructure and data pipelines to house, process, and deliver terabytes of sequencing data
- Design infrastructure to orchestrate millions of bioinformatics tasks (queues, workflow orchestration, scheduling)
- Build AI infrastructure and internal tooling to enable agentic systems:
- Quality Scientist Agents - monitor operations end-to-end, surface anomalies, and intervene/escalate when quality or reliability issues appear
- Logistics Agents - coordinate drivers around the world to move packages to labs and carriers
- Bioinformatics Coding Agents - long-running agents for adaptive analysis of diverse sample types with unknown/shifting data distributions
Culture
You are someone who
- Enjoys high agency and high ownership work
- Can lead ambiguous, cross-functional projects from idea to production
- Is curious about learning from other people’s expertise in scientific/biological domains
- Is excited to make an impact on the scientific community
- Is a life-long learner
- Is excited to work in a tight-knit fast-paced environment with a motivated team
- Values clear communication, mentorship, and helping others learn new skills
- Excited about building on the bleeding edge
What happens next
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Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
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Culture & values
Every team member at Plasmidsaurus plays a crucial role in driving forward the future of biotech research
Global network of labs operates day and night to enable world-changing discoveries
Team is united by a mission to accelerate new cures and promote a healthier planet
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