Associate Director, Platform Engineering
Core
Lead the hybrid compute infrastructure, developer platform, and scientific compute environments powering machine learning and drug discovery work.
Role type
Senior IC platform engineering manager (hybrid infrastructure & MLOps)
Builds
Kubernetes-based clusters, scientific compute platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and internal services for genomic pipelines and model training/serving.
Domain
Biotech / Drug Discovery / Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes, hybrid cloud/on-prem infrastructure, MLOps, CI/CD pipeline maturity, observability, disaster recovery, platform security (IAM, secrets, network policy), team leadership, technical strategy.
Preferred skills
Batch compute for scientific workloads, GPU compute for distributed training, compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR).
Technologies
Kubernetes, Kubeflow, public cloud, on-premises infrastructure.
Responsibilities
Define and evolve platform strategy with VP of Engineering and peers; set architectural standards for hybrid infrastructure; lead and develop the Platform Engineering team; ensure scientific compute platform reliability; drive CI/CD and developer tooling maturity; establish observability and disaster recovery; own platform security controls.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
