Platform Engineer

Seqera exists to advance science for everyone through software

We provide software for scientists solving today's most complex and important challenges from pioneering innovative therapeutics to unveiling the secrets of our universe. The journey began a decade ago with Nextflow — open software that helps over 100,000 global scientists analyze and process data, with more power and flexibility than ever before.

Today, Seqera consolidates fragmented data and diverse computing resources into a unified platform. Our modern biotech stack is trusted by over 150 leading life sciences organizations. Empowered with modern software engineering, organizations conduct science faster, on larger datasets, and with more confidence. Seqera accelerates discoveries in an open world.

Would you like to be a part of a company with a bigger purpose and make it successful with your own ideas? If yes, keep reading!

About the role

We are seeking a Platform Engineer for our “Platform Infrastructure” team to accommodate the rapid expansion of our Engineering function. As a Platform Engineer, you will be instrumental in not only shaping our infrastructure but also defining the future engineering practices within the company. The ideal candidate is passionate about addressing a wide range of technical and operational challenges. Working at Seqera is an exciting opportunity to learn and work with a diverse range of technologies. We are committed to building a process where we can deliver high-quality products and iterate fast, which requires us to develop solid engineering practices that include end-to-end testing, observability frameworks, deployment standards, automation, and operational excellence processes.

What You'll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain our cloud-based infrastructure primarily on AWS.
• Empower engineering teams by developing and maintaining CI / CD pipelines to automate software deployment, testing, and release processes.
• Build and maintain a network of contacts in internal stakeholder teams to better understand their needs and to facilitate collaboration.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and related tools.
• Enable our software engineers to independently develop, release and maintain software via close collaboration with and education of the engineering team.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure the reliability and performance of our applications and services.
• Design and implement new tools and technologies to help improve efficiency, scalability, and security.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues in production and non-production environments.
• Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

About you

You're an infrastructure engineer with experience developing robust and scalable solutions. You're passionate about solving real-world problems with proven technologies and building elegant, scalable systems.

You are an expert when it comes to Infrastructure As Code, CI / CD, and other modern tooling to accelerate engineering processes. You’re proficient in tooling for these (such as Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.) and have experience working with them in an enterprise setting.

You are comfortable with ambiguity - you’re able to quickly develop hypotheses with limited information and have a demonstrated ability to learn complex concepts quickly. You drive tasks independently, while proactively reaching out for help and additional resources when needed to keep yourself unblocked.

You have built strong foundational knowledge in cloud infrastructure engineering with experience adhering to industry best practices and are confident implementing security measures to protect data integrity and prevent vulnerabilities.

You have experience in identifying and responding to complex incidents, including issues that may relate to customer infrastructure.

Comfortable communicating with technical teams and leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.

Nice to have :

• Product development life cycle and tools that allow engineers to build cool stuff faster and more easily.
• Experience assisting engineers in solving production incidents, and providing guidance during postmortems.
• Experience in cloud security across multiple clouds including AWS, GCP, Azure, and private or on-prem / HPC solutions.
• Life in a rapidly growing startup, stories about the struggles you’ve seen during rapid growth, and solutions you’ve helped craft for them.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Seqera, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

What will you find working at Seqera?

• Passionate & talented team.
• International working environment with more than 25 nationalities.
• Team retreats and bonding activities.
• A culture where your opinion is valued and your decisions have a real impact on the industry.
• Excitement of a fast-growing startup in a constantly changing environment.
• Time off : 23 holidays under the local legislation + 3 days given by Seqera in December of 2025, and the national / public holidays according to your location.
• Equity
• Private health insurance
• Home office allowance (valued over 1,000 USD / GBP / EUR)
• Subscription to Oliva, Mental Health App
• Learning and development budget per year (1,000 USD / GBP / EUR)
• Other specific benefits according to your location.

You should know

Seqera is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. However you identify or whatever your journey to this point, we welcome all candidates to apply for the position that inspires them. Come join us and help us build a global company that everyone is proud to be part of.

As we scale, we constantly improve our in-office and WFH environments and learn to help everyone have the best setup for our company's success and your personal development while always keeping the human touch in every aspect of our lives.

By learning from and with each other, we ensure our ability to drive innovation and make better decisions toward our mission. Most importantly, our culture provides a genuinely fun, inclusive, and challenging environment that will allow you to grow while making a huge difference in human health and beyond.