Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Platform/DevEx)

Isomorphic Labs; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering biopharmaceutical company in the UK is seeking a skilled professional to design and manage their cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes, along with proficiency in Python programming. This role emphasizes collaboration with scientists and engineers to drive innovation in drug discovery through advanced AI solutions. The company values creativity, boldness, and teamwork in a dynamic startup environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Docker, Terraform and at least one major Cloud Platform.
• Strong Python programming skills.
• Strong hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters.
• Extensive experience with modern DevOps practices.
• Clear understanding of Infrastructure as Code.

Responsibilities

• Design, operate and manage cloud infrastructure.
• Develop tools to enhance software development practices.
• Collaborate with diverse teams in drug discovery and machine learning.
• Contribute to technical decisions on tooling and infrastructure.

Skills

Docker

Terraform

Python programming

Kubernetes management

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring technologies

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

GitHub Actions

Job description

What you will do

• Design, operate, manage and refine research, development, and production cloud infrastructure (GCP, K8s, Docker, Terraform, Kapitan, etc.)
• Develop and manage tools and processes to enhance software development practices
• Partner and collaborate with a diverse set of teams including science (drug discovery), research (machine learning), product, business development and operations
• Contribute to core technical decisions (e.g. choice of tooling, infrastructure, and architectural design)

Essential

• Strong experience with Docker, Terraform and at least one major Cloud Platform
• Strong Python programming
• Strong hands‑on experience managing Kubernetes clusters
• Extensive experience with modern DevOps (CI/CD, release management, automation)
• Clear understanding of Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with Helm/Kustomize/Kapitan or similar deployment tools
• Experience with Grafana/Prometheus/Splunk or similar monitoring/observability technologies
• Ability to independently deliver solutions and work effectively in cross‑functional teams

Nice to have

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Strong foundations in software engineering before moving into a technical operations role
• Proficiency in identifying and mitigating security risks
• Experience with GitHub Actions
• Experience supporting machine learning cloud infrastructure

Culture and values

We are guided by our shared values. It's not about finding people who think and act in the same way. These values help to guide our work and will continue to strengthen it. We believe In a culture of curiosity, creativity and care. It is about good people doing good, rigorous and future‑making science every single day.

We value boldness. Fearlessness, initiative and integrity. With determination, we pursue our goals with confidence and urgency to deliver results.

We value collaboration. Connection across fields and catalytic relationships that create impact and help change lives.

About Iso Isomorphic Labs

IsoLabs was launched in 2021 to advance human health by building on and beyond the Nobel‑winning AlphaFold system. Since then, our interdisciplinary team of drug discovery experts and machine learning specialists has built powerful new predictive and generative AI models that accelerate scientific discovery at digital speed. We are continually innovating on model architecture and developing cutting‑edge capabilities to advance rational drug design. Every day, with each breakthrough, we get closer to the promise of digital biology, aiming to solve all disease with AI.

Your impact

You will be working on our groundbreaking platform that will transform the biopharmaceutical world. You will join our Platform group, partnering with leading engineers, scientists and ML researchers to build the critical foundations driving this transformation. You’ll work as part of a small, efficient team on all parts of cloud infrastructure and the software lifecycle, in a dynamic startup environment backed by a long‑term vision.