Principal Platform Architect
| Company | Karius |
|---|---|
| Location | San Carlos, CA, USA |
| Salary | $210000 – $290000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, or a related engineering or science field.
- 15+ years of engineering experience, 10 of which in leading the development and operation of distributed software systems and cloud-native platforms.
- Proficient in infrastructure-as-code design and tools such as Terraform.
- Deep knowledge and experience in design patterns, implementation, testing, and failure management of distributed systems and microservices.
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native software development and operations approach; primarily using tools and technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Cloud services to run software services and data analytics jobs.
- Proficient in industry security standards such as NIST CSF/SSDF with hands-on experience implementing and monitoring cloud security controls.
- Experience with various code flow and DevOps approaches such as gitOps.
Responsibilities
- Leading architectural projects from concept to completion, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to budget and quality/regulatory requirements.
- Developing architectural blueprints, frameworks, and guidelines for Platform development and operation.
- Ensuring the architecture meets technical and business requirements including security, performance, interoperability, and scalability.
- Staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure the Platform leverages the best technologies that fit the needs.
- Articulating and presenting complex ideas clearly and effectively to technical and business audiences.
- Developing, documenting, and organizing artifacts such as strategy, technical proposals and designs, and risk assessments.
- Ensuring Karius’s R&D and engineering staff have the proper infrastructure, tools, and processes to be productive.
- Ensuring the Karius Platform is cloud vendor agnostic, can be provisioned globally using a blueprint as code, and meets regional privacy and security rules and regulations.
- Enable the Platform to be provisioned for non-Karius laboratories, enabling them to operate Karius products.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ph.D. in relevant fields is a big plus.
- Experience in healthcare and life sciences especially developing medical devices is a big plus.