Cloud Engineer

Flagship Pioneering is a bioplatform innovation company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature-positive agriculture.   

 What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet.   

Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.  

Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. 

Position Overview: 

We are looking for a highly motivated and curious Cloud Engineer to join our Digital Science team. This individual will play a crucial role in designing and implementing scalable cloud infrastructure to support scientific research, machine learning (ML), AI, and other data-intensive applications that drive Flagship’s cutting-edge companies. The ideal candidate is someone who thrives on learning, experimenting, and building systems from the ground up.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on automation and operational excellence. 

• Evaluate and integrate emerging cloud technologies, with a focus on optimizing performance, cost-efficiency, and scalability. 

• Automate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as AWS CDK, or CloudFormation. 

• Drive continuous improvement of cloud systems, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and security compliance. 

• Mentor data scientists on cloud best practices, fostering a learning and building-oriented culture. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field. 

• 1+ years of experience in cloud engineering or DevOps, with hands-on expertise in AWS (preferred). 

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or similar. 

• Experience with cloud-based automation and orchestration tools 

• Strong programming skills in Python and knowledge of CI/CD pipelines. 

• Passion for learning new technologies and a builder mentality, always seeking out opportunities to innovate. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• AWS Certifications, including Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Cloud Practitioner. 

• Experience working in life sciences, biotechnology, or a related field. 

Values and Behaviors: 

We are seeking a candidate who embodies a "Learn and Be Curious" mentality and a passion for building innovative solutions. The ideal candidate has an entrepreneurial spirit, thrives in dynamic environments, and values cross-functional collaboration. This is a role for someone who is committed to continuous learning and being a strong contributor to a team that builds platform solutions. 

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies:  Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates.  The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team.   Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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