Systems Administrator, AbCellera Biologics
CA$84-105k
+ Equity, annual bonus dependent on team and company performance
Biotech focused on antibody treatments
Open for applications
Biotech focused on antibody treatments
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
CA$84-105k
+ Equity, annual bonus dependent on team and company performance
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To improve health with technologies that transform the way that antibody-based therapies are discovered.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for someone who’s already done this kind of work - running real infrastructure in a production environment - and who’s hungry to keep learning as the environment modernizes around them
- You're a hands-on technical generalist who's run cloud and on-prem environments in production, and you've developed instincts for what tends to break and why
- You work with modern practices by default; infrastructure-as-code, automation, and observability are tools you reach for, not afterthoughts
- You have 5+ years of related experience operating production infrastructure, in addition to a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience in a technical field); candidates with 3+ years of related experience in addition to a Master’s degree will also be considered
- You bring strong judgment to unusual problems; you know when to adapt an existing approach, when to escalate, and when to push back on a bad one
- You're deeply curious about how systems work end-to-end, tools you haven't used yet, and the science your work supports
- You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical individuals, and bring solid documentation habits
- You have experience in scientific or manufacturing environments, or working in regulated industries (GxP, SOC2, etc.); this is considered a bonus!
What the job involves
- We are looking for a hands-on Systems Administrator to keep our IT infrastructure running smoothly for every team that depends on it: from drug discovery through development and the business behind it
- You’ll work across cloud systems, on-prem infrastructure, and the platform and tools that support in-house applications
- This is a generalist role for someone who is curious, technically broad, and energized by variety; one day you’re improving service availability, the next you're troubleshooting scientific system performance, the next you're automating away a process that’s been costing the team hours each week
- Operating, maintaining, and supporting our hybrid systems and infrastructure; we operate a mixed environment including cloud (AWS) and on-prem
- Supporting engineering systems, platforms, and tools that our internal developers and scientists use to build and run in-house applications
- Troubleshooting issues across systems, networking, identity, and access; exercising judgment on unusual problems and adapting existing approaches when there isn’t a clear precedent
- Partnering with engineering and scientific teams to support integrations between corporate IT, lab instruments, and in-house platforms
- Digging deeply into your managed systems; automating routine operational work and improving availability and efficiency
- Owning patching, monitoring, and documentation practices across your managed systems
Our take
Antibody discovery is the process by which antibodies are identified that bind to specific disease targets, enabling treatments for those diseases to be developed. AbCellera provides an AI-powered platform for antibody discovery, to help speed up the creation of such treatments.
As the pharmaceutical world continues to embrace AI, there is immense opportunity for AbCellera. The company already scored a big win back in 2020 by helping Eli Lilly identify the antibody it would use in its COVID-19 treatment. Now, it looks to execute its 100 or so discovery programs for new drugs from which it can hope to earn millions in royalties.
The challenge for AbCellera, like many startups in the space, will be staying ahead of the curve in the application of emerging technologies while maintaining total compliance with regulations. So far signs are encouraging, with steady revenue improvements and a number of partnerships under its belt.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
35% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2023
$499.3m
GRANT
May 2020
$102.6m
SERIES B
Total funding: $620.5m
Company benefits
- Health Benefits - Stay well with a comprehensive health benefits package that includes health, dental, life and critical illness coverage
- Stock Options - Work together, win together with an ownership stake in AbCellera.
- Active Lifestyle Allowance - Use the active lifestyle allowance for the fitness activities that keep you active and healthy
- Paid Vacation - You work hard and should take well-deserved time off, starting with a minimum of 3 weeks' vacation
- Flexible Work Hours - Optimize how you work with flexible work hours.
- Personal & Professional Development - Ignite your curiosity, learn and be inspired through workshops, conferences and programs
- Work-Life Balance - Take the time you need to support yourself and your family.
- Immigration & Relocation Assistance - Get you (and your family) settled into a new city with the help of our team, including personalized immigration support
Company HQ
Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, BC
Leadership
Carl Hansen
(CEO)Until August 2019, Carl was a Professor at the University of British Columbia, where they co-authored over 65 papers in the fields of microfluidics, immunology, genomics, and nanotechnology. Before leading AbCellera, they were a scientific Co-Founder of Precision Nanosystems, and served on the SAB of Fluidigm Corp.
Véronique Lecault
(CTO & Co-founder)Véronique received their PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of British Columbia, where they co-invented the high-throughput microfluidic platform that is now part of AbCellera’s core technology. They are a recipient of the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Mentorship Award.
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