Freenome is a private biotech company focused on developing blood tests to detect cancer early and make screening accessible for everyone. Backed by a16z, GV and CRV.
About the role
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What they're looking for
- 12+ years of relevant software engineering experience or equivalent, preferably in platform teams, delivering complex systems from design to production
- 3+ years guiding complex initiatives end-to-end across teams: aligning stakeholders, communicating tradeoffs clearly, and enabling delivery without formal authority
- 3+ years building and operating production platforms using Infrastructure as Code on a public cloud, preferably Azure or GCP
- Proficiency in Python and at least one other high-level programming language
- Deep knowledge of Linux internals, networking and virtualization, with hands-on troubleshooting and performance tuning at system level
- Solid Kubernetes expertise, with experience owning one or more advanced capabilities such as controllers, operators and CRDs, admission control, scheduling, autoscaling, service mesh, or multi-cluster networking
More about this role
At Freenome, we are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to grow our Platform team. Join a stellar group of engineers who serve our mission to save lives with early cancer detection as we develop and commercialize new blood test products. In this role, you’ll bring compute platform expertise to shape technical direction and mentor others, while staying hands-on and close to design, code, and operations.
Platform Engineering's goal at Freenome is to multiply the productivity of domain experts. We build shared cloud services spanning a governed data lakehouse, batch and distributed compute, and self-service environments for research and analytics, championing developer effectiveness beyond engineering. We combine white-glove support with dedicated partnerships, bringing expert consulting and hands-on engineering to help specialist teams solve complex technical problems and meet critical business milestones.
This role reports to our Director of Engineering, Platform. This is a remote position within the US, with occasional travel to our headquarters in Brisbane, CA, 2-3 times a year.
- Shape Platform’s technical vision and roadmap, working with engineering and R&D leaders to...
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