Lead Platform Engineer

Fluency Digital, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluency Digital, Inc. in San Francisco is seeking an experienced engineer to architect the cloud infrastructure and backend systems for rapid sequencing operations. You will unify robotics, hardware, and software into a single, efficient flow.

The ideal candidate has over 6 years of experience in infrastructure, SRE, or backend engineering, with deep fluency in Python, PostgreSQL, Django, and FastAPI. Production experience with Kubernetes on AWS is essential.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of infrastructure, SRE, or backend engineering experience.
• Deep fluency in Python, PostgreSQL, Django, and FastAPI for backend systems.
• Production expertise orchestrating Kubernetes on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Architect the cloud infrastructure and backend services for sequencing operations.
• Lead platform strategy for systems integrating hardware and software.

Skills

Python

PostgreSQL

Django

Kubernetes

FastAPI

Job description

Automated sequencing provider delivering publication-grade accuracy at unprecedented speed.

The life sciences move at the pace of their slowest pipeline. When sample processing takes weeks, research stalls. This team eliminates that bottleneck by unifying robotics, hardware, and software into a single, rapid flow. As the lead, you will architect the cloud infrastructure and backend services that keep sequencing operations running without friction or fault.

What we're looking for:

• 6+ years of infrastructure, SRE, or backend engineering experience
• Deep fluency in Python, PostgreSQL, Django, and FastAPI for backend systems
• Production expertise orchestrating Kubernetes on AWS
• Ability to lead platform strategy for systems bridging hardware and software
• Must be based in the United States.

Tech stack:

Python, AWS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, K8s, FastAPI, Django