Platform Engineer

Sano Genetics; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A biotech company is looking for a Platform Engineer to design and maintain cloud infrastructure. The remote role offers a salary of £70,000 - £80,000 and focuses on improving developer experience and system reliability. Ideal candidates have strong AWS and Terraform expertise and thrive in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or site reliability engineering roles.
• Hands-on experience using Terraform to manage infrastructure.
• Detail-oriented approach to problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure cloud infrastructure.
• Improve developer experience by enhancing CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor system health and performance.

Skills

Platform engineering

DevOps

AWS

Terraform

Container orchestration

CI/CD

Networking

Data compliance

Debugging

Communication

Tools

AWS

Docker

GitHub Actions

Honeycomb

Job description

About Sano

Mission; what we do

• accelerating the world's transition to personalised medicine

Purpose; why we do it

• to speed up development of life‑saving treatments for those with limited options

Vision; where we're going

• become the world's best source of patient‑in‑the‑loop genomic and health data for precision medicine development

Curious to dive deeper? Read more about what we do here

At Sano, our Platform team builds the infrastructure, tools, and systems that power every engineering team. With new product launches, bespoke client needs, and Series B on the horizon, we're scaling fast - and investing in the foundations that make that possible.

As a Platform Engineer, this role is a chance to shape how our platform evolves: improving developer experience, scaling infrastructure, and driving reliability across everything we build. You'll work closely with Engineers, Product Managers, Compliance, and Business Ops to make sure we're set up for scale - and staying ahead of growing demands.

You’ll thrive if you enjoy diving into complex systems - understanding how everything fits together, spotting improvements, and helping others navigate that complexity.

Headlines:

• Role - Platform Engineer
• Salary - £70,000 - 80,000 pa
• Location - UK (remote only)

How you’ll make an impact:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure
• Define and refine platform processes that support product and engineering teams as we grow
• Improve developer experience by enhancing CI/CD pipelines for faster, safer releases
• Shape platform solutions that meet evolving business and technical challenges
• Monitor system health and performance, tackling issues before they affect users
• Champion best practices in platform engineering, security, and reliability across teams
• Contribute to architectural decisions around infrastructure, observability, and cloud‑native services
• Support and mentor peers through code reviews and design discussions

This job is for you if you:

• Have proven experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or site reliability engineering roles
• Know AWS inside out (especially IAM and ECS), and have strong knowledge of containerisation and orchestration (Docker/ECS)
• Have hands on experience using Terraform to manage infrastructure and automate workflows using tools like CI/CD, GitHub Actions or Python
• Communicate clearly - you can explain complex concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Understand networking, security, and data compliance fundamentals
• Take a methodical, detail oriented approach to solving problems and debugging
• Thrive in a fast‑moving, collaborative SaaS environment

Even better if you have:

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Honeycomb)
• A background in performance tuning and cost optimisation in cloud environments
• Experience building and collaborating in a remote‑first environment

This role is unlikely to be a great match if:

• You haven't worked with Terraform or AWS recently
• You struggle to work autonomously without clear instruction and support.
• You prefer highly defined roles and responsibilities - we need adaptability and autonomy in a fast‑growing startup

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role unless they are 100% qualified. Your experience, skills and passion will set you apart so tell us about your achievements, irrespective of whether they are personal or work‑related, tell us about your journey, and about what you learnt.

So, if this role excites you, don't let our role description hold you back, get applying!

Hiring Process

1. Initial screening with Becca
2. Deep dive with Toby
3. Paired programming task
4. Panel with Engineering Team
5. Founder Interview

Support

If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best - please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed. All interviews at Sano take place virtually. Please let us know if we can help make a virtual interview run smoother for you.

• Please note:

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK or in the USA (for specific roles). We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

At Sano, we're committed to creating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We are a global community and we believe our unique qualities should be celebrated as they are critical to our innovation. It's essential to us that you bring your authentic self to work every single day, no matter your age, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, caring responsibilities, neurodiversity, or otherwise. Inclusion isn't just an initiative at Sano. We strive to embed it not just into our values but throughout our entire culture.

Team Engineering Locations Remote UK Remote status Fully Remote Yearly salary £70,000 - £80,000 Employment type Full‑time