Platform Engineer, Biotech

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Platform Engineer, Biotech in USA new

Clera
Full time
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USA
10/30/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Build and maintain cloud data platforms with object storage, lakehouse layouts, catalogs, lineage, dataset versioning, query layers, and access layers.
Design and operate systems for clinical and molecular data, including harmonization, metadata, dataset releases, retention, governance, and data integration.
Develop reproducible, containerized bioinformatics workflows for omics data using cloud batch compute.
Build data quality checks, biological validation, and visualizations to identify and resolve data issues.
Deliver training-ready datasets, versioned data releases, and interfaces for deploying data alongside models in partner environments.
Operate reliable, secure, observable, and cost-effective production infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters and distributed workload orchestration.

Requirements

Two to five years of experience building data infrastructure and production pipelines in biotech, diagnostics, biobanking, health data, or related fields involving sensitive biological or clinical data.
Production experience operating Kubernetes, building infrastructure as code with Terraform or similar tools, and designing deployment systems.
Strong Python and/or Go skills, with experience owning infrastructure reliability, observability, security, and cost optimization.
Experience with distributed job scheduling and orchestration, large-scale data pipelines, and infrastructure supporting machine learning workloads.
Familiarity with a major cloud provider, preferably AWS; workflow tools such as Nextflow; lakehouse and warehouse design; data catalogs; and Docker.
Experience with omics or bioinformatics workflows and biomedical data standards such as OMOP or FHIR is useful.
R or SQL experience is a plus.
Familiarity with HIPAA, GDPR, or SOC 2 compliance controls and associated audit evidence is beneficial.
GPU cluster or distributed training experience is valuable.

Benefits

Base salary of $180,000 to $240,000 annually.
Hybrid role based in San Francisco, California, with candidates required to be based in or willing to relocate to the area.
Visa sponsorship is not available.

Salary: $180k - $240k/yr

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