Informatics Engineer in Cambridge

Company Overview: Prime Medicine is a leading biotechnology company dedicated to creating and delivering the next generation of gene editing therapies to patients. The Company is leveraging its proprietary Prime Editing platform, a versatile, precise and efficient gene editing technology, to develop a new class of differentiated, one-time, potentially curative genetic therapies.

About the role: We're hiring an Informatics Engineer to build the scientific data and computing platform that powers Prime Medicine's gene editing programs. You will work in close partnership with our computational biology team and our cloud infrastructure team. The role suits someone who's comfortable owning a platform end-to-end, building the engineering foundations that scientists across the organization rely on, including data pipelines and APIs through to AI-enabled internal tooling.

What you'll do:

• Design and build the data platform connecting NGS instruments, laboratory informatics systems (Benchling), and AWS cloud compute; covering automated ingestion, provenance tracking, scalable storage, and observability.
• Build production-grade APIs, SDKs, and internal tools that bring genomic data and analytical capabilities to scientists across the organization.
• Build the orchestration layer for the automated, event-triggered execution of our scientific pipelines.
• Ship AI-powered and agentic capabilities such as RAG over internal scientific data, agentic workflows with human-in-the-loop review, and internal copilots that streamline routine workflows across the organization connecting both science and business needs.
• Build integrations across the scientific tool chain so data moves reliably between ELNs, LIMS, instrument software, and cloud compute.
• Translate scientific requirements into reliable, maintainable software, helping bring research prototypes into production-grade systems.
• Partner with computational biologists, lab scientists, and our cloud-support team to continuously improve platform performance, cost, and reliability.

What we're looking for: This is an Infrastructure engineering focused role, well suited to candidates whose primary background is software engineering, data engineering, or scientific platform engineering, with a strong interest in applying those skills to scientific problems.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of full-time engineering experience (3+ for those with an MS or PhD) in production environments.
• Strong Python programming skills.
• Production AWS experience with depth in event-driven, cloud-native architectures, including AWS Lambda, EventBridge (or comparable event-routing infrastructure), and Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or CDK.
• Docker / containerization, Git-based workflows, CI/CD, code review, and testing code in DEV/TEST environments before deploying to production.
• A track record of building integrations and automations.
• Experience in a life-science related industry involving scientific or regulated data, such as biotech, pharma, healthtech, clinical informatics, scientific instrumentation, or agricultural genomics.

Nice to have:

• NGS expertise.
• Hands-on workflow orchestration experience.
• Laboratory informatics experience with Benchling or comparable ELN/LIMS, as an operator, builder, or administrator.
• AI / LLM tooling and agentic systems (LangChain, LangGraph, MCPs, RAG architectures).
• Gene editing familiarity: CRISPR, base editing, prime editing.
• GxP / 21 CFR Part 11 / regulated-software experience.
• Experience managing or querying relational databases (PostgreSQL, MSSQL).

Interview process: The process includes a recruiter conversation, a hiring manager interview, and a small panel that includes computational biology, engineering, and wet lab partners. A Python coding exercise is part of the process.

Logistics and policy: Hybrid with office in Cambridge, MA. We are not currently able to sponsor visas. US work authorization at the time of application is required. Competitive base salary, equity, and standard benefits. The pay range reflects the full-time base salary range we expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. Base pay will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, and education. This role is eligible for an annual short-term incentive award (e.g., bonus) and an annual long-term incentive award (e.g., equity). Prime Medicine offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package with robust health, financial, and wellness benefits—including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401(k) match, and equity programs—along with generous paid time off, wellness days, and company-wide recharge breaks.

Prime Medicine is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.