Senior IT Operations Engineer
Profluent · Emeryville, California, United States; Hybrid (2-3 days on-site) · Emeryville, CA · Hybrid (2-3 days on-site)
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Bio & Science AIhybridsenior$167k–$206k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own design and daily management of company-wide IT infrastructure.
- Support AI lab building foundation models for life's molecules.
- Secure office and lab environments including keycard access control.
What they offer
- Equity participation
- 401(k) with strong employer match
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
- Generous PTO policy and work-life balance commitment
- Professional development opportunities
Ideal candidate
Hands-on IT generalist with 8+ years thriving in high-growth startups, comfortable owning everything solo. Strategic yet practical, security-minded, and motivated by enabling cutting-edge AI-biology research.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology
- 8+ years in IT Operations role with 2-3 years in high-growth startup or solo environment
- Experience transitioning off external MSP or managing solo IT environment
- Profound knowledge of Google Workspace and office applications
- Scripting/automation experience with Bash, PowerShell or similar
- visa sponsorship
- No sponsorship; ongoing US work authorization required
Lab profile
About Profluent
Frontier AI lab building foundation models for life's molecules to transform medicine and agriculture.
What they build
- Foundation models for life's molecules
Known for
- Foundation model pretraining and BioML
- Reinforcement learning for biology
- Bioinformatics and data science
- CRISPR specificity and genomic safety
Key facts
- Founded in 2022
- Headquartered in Emeryville, CA
- Raised over $150M to date