At a Glance
- Tasks: Build and scale infrastructure for AI-driven drug discovery in a hands-on role.
- Company: Helical, an innovative AI-native lab transforming biology with cutting-edge technology.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, high ownership, and the chance to work with top pharma.
- Other info: Join a small team with high ownership and low ego in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on medicine by working at the intersection of AI and biology.
- Qualifications: 4+ years in platform engineering, strong Kubernetes and cloud experience required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Helical is the AI-native lab for biology.
We turn biological foundation models into production systems for discovery—so scientists can run experiments in silico at the speed of inference.
We’re already deployed with top pharma, supporting work from target identification to biomarker discovery.
The Role
We’re hiring a
Platform Engineer to build and scale the infrastructure behind our virtual AI lab.
This is a hands‑on role: debugging Kubernetes one moment, improving architecture the next, shipping to production throughout.
You’ll be working on the system that makes AI-driven drug discovery actually usable at scale.
- What You’ll Do
- Run and scale Kubernetes (incl. GPU workloads)
- Own cloud infrastructure and infra-as-code
- Support ML training & inference pipelines
- Manage CI/CD, observability, and deployments
- Handle databases, storage, and migrations
- Build automation (Python/Bash)
- Work closely with ML, backend, and product
- What We’re Looking For
- 4+ years in platform / Dev Ops / infra
- Strong Kubernetes, Docker, cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- GPU workloads / ML infra
- Experience designing & operating multi-tenant architectures with strict tenant isolation
- Familiarity with autoscaling
- & service isolation
- Experience with CI/CD, databases, infra-as-code
- Comfortable debugging production systems
- Nice to Have
- Security/compliance (SOC2, HIPAA)
- Exposure to Air Flow and MLFlow for scientific workflows
- MSC/PHD in Machine Learning
- Biotech / pharma experience
- Why Helical
- Live with top pharma
- High ownership, small team
- Work at the intersection of AI, biology, and systems
- Build something that actually changes how medicine is made
- High ownership, low ego
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Platform Engineer employer: Helical Ltd.
Helical is an exceptional employer for Software Developers in Biology, offering a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of drug discovery technology. With a strong emphasis on collaboration and ownership, employees are empowered to make a direct impact while working alongside a talented team in a fast-paced, innovative environment. The company provides competitive salaries, equity, and benefits, fostering a culture that values quality work and personal growth as it scales its groundbreaking solutions.
