Principal ML Cloud Architect

Strativ Group; South San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

H1B transfer and TN visa sponsorship

Competitive equity

Job summary

A leading biotech startup in South San Francisco seeks a Cloud ML Software Architect to lead technical direction and cloud infrastructure. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in AWS and coding experience in Python, with a passion for accelerating drug discovery through AI. The role offers competitive compensation between $175K and $250K and an unlimited PTO policy, with a hybrid work model requiring in-office presence three days a week.

Qualifications

• Strong background in cloud architecture, especially AWS.
• Hands-on coding experience in Python.
• Proven experience in data-voluminous environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as a hands-on technical leader: setting frameworks and best practices.
• Own cloud infrastructure.
• Guide junior engineers and developers.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Python coding

AWS (EC2, S3, Batch)

Machine Learning workflows

Team leadership

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

🚀 Cloud ML Software Architect – Cutting-Edge Biotech + AI Startup

A fast-growing biotech startup is on a mission to reinvent how medicines are discovered. Instead of relying solely on traditional lab testing, our team is building virtual models of human cells—powered by AI—to predict how drugs will work on real patients. Backed by top investors and already partnered with industry leaders like NVIDIA, we’ve raised over $40M to date and are scaling rapidly.

Compensation: $175,000 – $250,000 + equity + benefits

Stage: Series A ($30M+) | ~20 employees and growing

What you’ll do

• Act as a hands‑on technical leader: setting frameworks, architecture, and best practices.
• Own cloud infrastructure (AWS core, GPU compute, Docker & Kubernetes).
• Build bridges across teams, aligning ML, bioinformatics, and software engineering efforts.
• Guide junior engineers and bioinformatics developers while shaping long‑term technical strategy.
• Help transition the company from fragmented pipelines to production‑grade, external‑facing products.
• Influence resourcing and scaling decisions—your input will shape the future of the engineering org.

About you

• Strong background in cloud architecture, especially AWS (EC2, S3, Batch, pipelines).
• Hands‑on coding experience in Python and ability to set direction and frameworks.
• Proven experience in complex, data‑voluminous environments with a keen interest in biotech; bio/health AI/ML is a bonus.
• Familiar with heavy‑duty ML workflows and how compute and data pipelines support them.
• Thrives in a startup setting—fast‑paced, resource‑constrained, high‑impact.
• Excited by the mission of accelerating drug discovery through AI.
• Experience supporting computationally intensive data processing and ML model training.
• Competitive compensation ($175K–$250K, open to higher for exceptional talent).
• Unlimited PTO.
• H1B transfer and TN visa sponsorship available.
• Hybrid: ~3 days/week in office (South SF or Toronto).

If you have a passion for biotechnology/life sciences and can code in Python with experience in AWS, please send your resume directly to [e-mail].

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Information Technology