DevSecOps Engineer, London

DevSecOps Engineer, London or Lausanne

Please note that we are looking for experienced engineers - Senior, Staff, Principal or equivalent levels.

Isomorphic Labs is a new Alphabet company that is reimagining drug discovery through a computational- and AI-first approach.

We are on a mission to accelerate the speed, increase the efficacy and lower the cost of drug discovery. You'll be working at the cutting edge of the new era of 'digital biology' to deliver a transformative social impact for the benefit of millions of people. 

Come and be part of a multi-disciplinary team driving groundbreaking innovation and play a meaningful role in contributing towards us achieving our ambitious goals, while being a part of an inspiring, collaborative and entrepreneurial culture.

Your impact 

You will be working on our groundbreaking ML-based software platform that will transform the biopharmaceutical world as we know it.

Working in a highly creative, iterative environment, you will work alongside leading engineers, scientists and ML researchers to build the platform that is central to our mission. 

We’re still at a relatively early stage in our journey, with a level of ambiguity as we continuously learn from each other, so you will need to build on your previous experience and show initiative in order to fully carve out your contribution in this newly created role.

What you will do

• Help build, operate and secure processes and tools for effective operational management of research and production software, and to enable and enhance effective secure software development practices
• Operate, manage and secure research, development, and production cloud infrastructure and systems (GCP, K8s, Docker, Terraform, Kapitan, etc.)
• Setup, maintain and operate DevSecOps tools and monitoring systems
• Partner and collaborate with a diverse set of teams including science (drug discovery), research (machine learning), product, business development and operations
• Contribute to core technical decisions (e.g. choice of tooling, infrastructure, and architectural design)

Skills and qualifications Essential

• Strong Python programming (other programming languages will also be considered, but there is a preference for Python) and Shell Scripting
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and at least one major cloud platform
• Experience of DevSecOps tools like Snyk, Falco, AquaSecurity, Fortify
• Understanding of Cloud and Kubernetes security hardening, network policies, firewalls
• Experience with securing SDLC and build processes
• Clear understanding of Infrastructure as Code, Immutable Infrastructure and relevant mindset
• Experience with Helm/Kustomize/Kapitan or similar deployment tools
• Experience with Grafana/Prometheus/Splunk or similar monitoring/observability technologies
• Experience building secure/scalable platforms/products on cloud
• Comfortable with identifying security risks and implementing measures to mitigate them
• Practical experience with modern SRE/DEVOPS lifecycle, tools, and frameworks

Nice to have

• MLOps frameworks and tooling experience are highly desirable
• Experience building, deploying and maintaining production systems on GCP
• Strong foundations in software engineering before moving into a technical operations role
• Experience supporting both production systems and Machine Learning team/pipelines
• Basic knowledge of biology / chemistry
• Pharma and/or biotech industry experience, ideally with a focus on drug discovery
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience