Principal Platform Engineer: Programmable Biology & AI

GenBio AI; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

GenBio AI is building a pioneering platform to simulate and program cellular behavior with AI-driven tools for scientists and researchers in biomedicine. We seek a Staff to Principal-level Software Engineer to lead the user-facing platform and scale backend services, interfaces, and data workflows.

You will work closely with AI researchers and product teams to translate advances in foundation models into reliable, user-centric biology software, delivering robust, scalable systems for the Virtual

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering at staff or principal level.
• Proven track record of production-grade web services and scalable APIs.
• Hands-on experience with large-scale AI/LMM integration.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead on building the software platform for programmable biology, with production-grade backend services and APIs.
• Design interfaces connecting frontend apps, core logic, vast biological data, and AI inference engines.
• Architect scalable systems for simulations, experiment management, and workflow orchestration.
• Collaborate with AI researchers to deploy foundation models into user-facing scientific tools.

Skills

Staff/Principal experience

Distributed systems

Backend services

API design

AI integration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

REST/GraphQL APIs

Cloud platforms

Job description

GenBio AI is building a pioneering platform to simulate and program cellular behavior with AI-driven tools for scientists and researchers in biomedicine. We seek a Staff to Principal-level Software Engineer to lead the user-facing platform and scale backend services, interfaces, and data workflows.

You will work closely with AI researchers and product teams to translate advances in foundation models into reliable, user-centric biology software, delivering robust, scalable systems for the Virtual