Associate Director, AI‑Driven Data Platforms

virbiotechnologyinc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Vir Biotechnology, Inc. seeks an Associate Director, Principal Data Engineer to lead scalable data, cloud, software, and AI-enabled research platforms for scientific discovery and clinical analysis.

This role is based in San Francisco with three days per week in the office. You will build AI-powered workflows, partner with scientists and engineers, and ensure data quality, governance, and reliability across AWS and modern data platforms.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, scientific computing, cloud architecture, or scientific applications.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-enabled research workflows and agents for scientists to search, analyze, summarize, and connect Vir-generated data.
• Develop AI agents for TCE research insights, QC/QA review, and scientific/regulatory reporting.
• Design trusted LLM, RAG, knowledge-search, and agentic AI workflows with traceability, validation, governance, and human oversight.
• Lead development and integration of scientific platforms, including SeqAssembler, HPD/dAIsY, SASTRY, OPAL Miner, and related tools.
• Build scalable research and clinical data pipelines for bioinformatics, genomics, machine learning, and scientific decision-making.
• Architect and operate AWS cloud infrastructure for AI/ML, bioinformatics, clinical analysis, and large-scale data.
• Strengthen data quality, metadata, lineage, observability, security, governance, and platform reliability.
• Partner cross-functionally to align data, cloud, application, and AI solutions with program needs.
• Provide senior technical leadership across architecture, engineering practices, mentoring, and roadmaps.

Skills

Python

Java

AWS

Data pipelines

AI/ML

Collaboration

Leadership

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Redshift

Spark

Airflow

Nextflow

Job description

Vir Biotechnology, Inc. seeks an Associate Director, Principal Data Engineer to lead scalable data, cloud, software, and AI-enabled research platforms for scientific discovery and clinical analysis.

This role is based in San Francisco with three days per week in the office. You will build AI-powered workflows, partner with scientists and engineers, and ensure data quality, governance, and reliability across AWS and modern data platforms.