Lab Ops Coordinator - Cambridge Life Sciences (Onsite)

TechDigital Group; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a proactive and detail-oriented individual to join their Lab Operations team in Cambridge. This role is crucial for maintaining efficient laboratory operations and ensuring scientific workflows are uninterrupted. The successful candidate will coordinate service requests, support lab equipment installations, and facilitate training, all while collaborating with various teams to solve challenges. If you have a passion for the life sciences and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 1+ years in life sciences or biopharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Excellent organization and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate service requests for lab instruments and support installations.
• Organize internal laboratory equipment moves and follow up on requests.

Skills

Organization Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Attention to Detail

Education

Undergraduate degree in scientific discipline

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

SharePoint

Job description

What are the top skills required for this role?
• 1. Strong experience with Node.js / TypeScript; this is the non-negotiable primary language requirement for the role.
• Strong experience building backend/platform-oriented full-stack solutions, including APIs, services, databases, cloud deployment, and operational support.
• Strong AWS experience is required. Candidates should have hands-on experience with services such as API Gateway, Lambda, Bedrock, S3, EventBridge, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, CloudWatch, CDK, and Fargate. Bedrock is required.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) is required, ideally with strong hands-on use of AWS CDK. CDK is explicitly requiredfor this role.
• At least 1 year of hands-on experience building Generative AI solutions, ideally in RAG/search-based AI, chatbot/copilot experiences, or enterprise knowledge assistants. RAG/chatbot experience is sufficient for this hire


Job Description/ Responsibilities
• 6–8 years of software engineering experience with strong hands-on development experience in modern application engineering.
• Strong experience with Node.js / TypeScript; this is the non-negotiable primary language requirement for the role.
• Strong experience building backend/platform-oriented full-stack solutions, including APIs, services, databases, cloud deployment, and operational support.
• Strong AWS experience is required. Candidates should have hands-on experience with services such as API Gateway, Lambda, Bedrock, S3, EventBridge, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, CloudWatch, CDK, and Fargate. Bedrock is required.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) is required, ideally with strong hands-on use of AWS CDK. CDK is explicitly requiredfor this role.
• At least 1 year of hands-on experience building Generative AI solutions, ideally in RAG/search-based AI, chatbot/copilot experiences, or enterprise knowledge assistants. RAG/chatbot experience is sufficient for this hire
• Practical understanding of prompt engineering and how prompt design impacts grounding, reliability, usability, and output quality.
• Working knowledge of retrieval and generation concepts such as embeddings, chunking, semantic retrieval, vector search, top-k, top-p, and related controls that influence response behavior and quality.
• Basic hands-on familiarity with guardrails / safety controls / output validation, including awareness of risks like hallucinations, prompt injection, jailbreak attempts, and content-safety concerns.
• Experience building and shipping enterprise-grade APIs/services that connect AI capabilities into real business workflows.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including testing, debugging, source control, and CI/CD.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills; we need a collaborative, high-output builder who works well with product, engineering, QA, architecture, security, and business stakeholders.