Join a mission-driven team accelerating the transition to personalized medicine. As the second platform hire, you will design and scale the AWS infrastructure powering clinical trials for top global pharma companies. You will bridge the gap between engineering and operations, enhancing CI/CD pipelines and ensuring the reliability of life-saving research tools.
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Senior Platform Engineer at Sanogenetics
Sano Genetics is on a mission to accelerate the future of personalized medicine, and they need a Senior Platform Engineer to build the foundations. Working alongside the Platform Lead, you’ll own the AWS and Terraform infrastructure that connects patients with life-saving clinical trials. Enjoy a £90k salary, stock options, and incredible perks like a 45-day 'work from anywhere' policy while helping 4 of the top 20 global pharma companies revolutionize research.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Sanogenetics
At Sano, our mission is to accelerate the world's transition to precision medicine.
Sano combines genetic testing, recruitment, and long-term engagement in one platform, accelerating enrollment and simplifying operations for precision medicine teams driving breakthroughs for patients.
What you'll do
What you will do
- Design, build, and maintain scalable and secure cloud infrastructure using AWS (IAM, ECS) and Terraform to support rapid global growth.
- Improve the developer experience by refining CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows using GitHub Actions and Python for safer releases.
- Lead observability and reliability initiatives using tools like Honeycomb to monitor system health and resolve performance bottlenecks proactively.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- 5-7 years of experience in Platform, DevOps, or SRE roles, specifically within a scaling SaaS environment or high-growth startup.
- Deep technical expertise in AWS, containerization (Docker/ECS), and Infrastructure as Code specifically using Terraform for automation.
- Strong communicator capable of explaining complex infrastructure concepts to both technical staff and non-technical stakeholders in a remote-first setting.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Direct impact on global health by building the 360° platform used by 4 of the top 20 pharma companies to accelerate life-saving treatments.
- High-ownership environment as an early member of a 2-person platform team with significant influence over architectural and infrastructure decisions.
- Exceptional benefits including a £1,000 learning budget, 45-day "work from anywhere" policy, and comprehensive private medical insurance via Bupa.
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