Director/ Senior Director, Lab Platform Engineering

Highlights

• Lead the platform behind Lila's AI Science Factory powering automated labs.
• Own strategy for a fleet of distributed lab sites coming online reliably.
• Build systems that every robot, instrument and lab workflow depends on.

What they offer

• Competitive base compensation with bonus potential
• Generous early-stage equity
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• Flexible time off with generous company holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Educational assistance program
• Commuter benefits including bike share memberships
• Company-subsidized lunch program

Ideal candidate

Seasoned infrastructure leader who loves building teams and reliable platforms at scale. You thrive owning complex edge-to-cloud systems and partnering across robotics, science and operations to accelerate discovery.

Requirements

• 15+ years in software or infrastructure engineering, with 8+ years leading teams including managing managers or tech leads
• Track record building and scaling a platform or infrastructure organization from a small team upward
• Deep technical grounding in hybrid on-premises and cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes operated at scale outside public cloud
• Experience operating production fleets against explicit reliability targets with ownership of on-call and incident practice
• Ownership of infrastructure budget, capacity planning, and vendor negotiation
• Proven cross-functional and executive partnership, including communicating technical tradeoffs to non-engineering leaders
• Demonstrated ability to hire and develop senior and principal-level engineers