Lead Platform Engineer
True Talent Solutions Partners · San Francisco · onsite
ABOUT THE ROLE
Lead platform engineering for a data infrastructure company building a foundational platform that turns complex scientific data into a unified, queryable knowledge base. You will own architecture, security, and scaling while setting engineering standards and helping grow the platform team.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own the architecture, delivery, security posture, and scaling of the core data and execution platform.
- Build and maintain ingestion pipelines, APIs, microservices, and storage layers that structure varied scientific inputs while preserving data provenance.
- Manage knowledge graph and vector search systems to support hybrid retrieval for AI agent workloads.
- Develop high-concurrency services in Go and Python, including controls for agent writes and isolated execution environments.
- Establish platform security practices for authentication, tenant isolation, secrets management, encryption, and zero-trust access.
- Own cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and observability, and define service objectives and internal developer workflows.
- Set engineering patterns, review code, mentor teammates, and help build the platform engineering team.
- Partner with company leadership on team design, candidate interviews, and recruiting.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- Three to seven years of platform or infrastructure engineering experience, with hands-on experience building production backend infrastructure, data platforms, or distributed systems.
- Deep proficiency with Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and modern CI/CD systems.
- Experience designing ETL or ELT pipelines for complex, unstructured enterprise or scientific data.
- Strong software engineering skills alongside dedicated infrastructure engineering experience.
- Experience with Go, Python, FastAPI, TypeDB/TypeQL, Qdrant, GitHub Actions, OpenTelemetry, and Prometheus.
- Biotechnology, computational biology, data compliance, or early-stage infrastructure experience is helpful.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary is $220,000 to $300,000 annually. Equity details were not provided. Visa sponsorship or transfer is not available; candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
LOCATION
On-site, five days per week in San Francisco, California. Relocation assistance is available.