Associate Director, Data Engineering
Core
Lead the Data Platform team to build and evolve a unified data infrastructure integrating wet-lab instruments, computational science, and machine learning for drug discovery.
Role type
Senior IC data engineering manager (bioinformatics)
Builds
Scalable data processing infrastructure, scientific compute pipelines, and data governance frameworks for novel biological insight
Domain
Biotechnology / Drug Discovery / Bioinformatics
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Data platform strategy, team leadership, data orchestration (Nextflow, Seqera), cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, Python or Rust, CI/CD, data governance (FAIR principles)
Preferred skills
Bioinformatics background, ISO 27001/SOC 2/GDPR compliance experience, Data/Platform as a product thinking
Technologies
Nextflow, Seqera Platform, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Python, Rust
Responsibilities
Define and evolve the unified data platform strategy; Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing team of Data Engineers; Manage end-to-end data flow from lab instruments to information processing systems; Optimize scientific compute pipelines for scalability and reproducibility; Enforce data governance standards ensuring FAIR data principles; Drive operational excellence through robust CI/CD and testing frameworks; Own the data infrastructure security posture
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities
