Associate Director, Principal Data Engineer

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Engineering, or a related technical
• 12+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, scientific computing, cloud architecture, or scientific application
• Strong hands-on experience with Python and/or Java, including scalable data pipelines, APIs, services, and production-grade data
• Experience building AI/ML-enabled scientific applications using leading LLMs such as GPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar models, including RAG, knowledge search, agentic workflows, and governance
• Experience integrating LIMS, ELN, scientific data platforms, or experiment-management systems such as Experimenta to support data capture, analysis, quality review, and scientific
• Strong AWS cloud infrastructure experience, including compute, storage, networking, security, data processing, monitoring, automation, and operational
• Experience with modern cloud-based data platforms and workflow technologies such as Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, Spark, Airflow, Nextflow, or similar
• Experience supporting bioinformatics, genomics, machine learning, clinical, healthcare, or other scientific data
• Strong knowledge of data modeling, metadata management, data quality, observability, governance, lineage, and platform
• Demonstrated technical leadership, including architecture ownership, roadmap development, mentoring, and cross-functional
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across Research, Clinical, Data Science, IT, and business

The expected salary range for this position is $176,500 to $246,500 per year.

Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors.

Vir Biotechnology's compensation and benefits are aligned with the current market and commensurate with the person’s experience and qualifications.

All full-time employees receive a package that includes compensation, bonus and equity as well as many other Vir Biotechnology benefits and perks such as health and welfare benefit plans, non-accrual paid time off, company shut down for holidays, commuter benefits, 401K match and lunch each day in the office.

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