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IT/OT Specialist

Parallel Bio · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Parallel Bio

Using the immune system to cure disease. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

We are looking for an IT/OT Specialist to build and maintain the systems that keep our lab and corporate technology running reliably, securely, and connected. The role spans information technology and operational technology in roughly equal measure.

What they're looking for

  • Experience: 3 to 6 years in IT infrastructure, systems administration or a related role, including OT experience with industrial or lab device networking, or hardware integration
  • Technical Fundamentals: Solid grounding in networking, identity and access management, and endpoint management
  • Builder's Instinct: You have worked somewhere the processes were still being built rather than followed, and you are comfortable operating that way
  • Troubleshooting: You are at your best when something breaks, and you are comfortable being the person people come to
  • Clear Communication: You can hold a technical conversation about system design and explain the same issue to a scientist who does not need the detail
  • On-Site Commitment: You are willing and able to work on-site consistently and to be physically present for hands-on troubleshooting
More about this role

Drug discovery has a translation problem: more than 95% of drugs that succeed in animal models fail in humans. We're building the alternative: human-first drug discovery, powered by organoids and AI, running on real human biology from the very first experiment.

Our platform is 87% concordant with clinical patient data - a vast improvement over the 3% translational success rate of animals. We’ve demonstrated the ability to model immunotoxicology, immunogen stimulation, and two autoimmune diseases with more on the way. Numerous pharma partners including 3 Fortune 500 companies are already using the platform. We've raised ~$30M from AIX Ventures, Marc Benioff, Jeff Dean, and Y Combinator. With the FDA Modernization Act 3.0 and the FDA's March 2026 validation framework, the regulatory tailwinds only continue to get stronger.

The opportunity ahead of the company is generational: build the first scaled engine for generating real human biological data, and use it to fundamentally change how medicines are discovered.

We are looking for an IT/OT Specialist to build and maintain the systems that keep our lab and corporate technology running reliably, securely, and connected. The role spans...

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