Senior Director, Software, Platform Engineering

Pac Bio (NASDAQ PACB) is a premier life science technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced sequencing solutions to help scientists and clinical researchers resolve genetically complex problems. Our mission is to enable the promise of genomics to better human health. Genomics is core to all biological processes, and our advanced genomics tools provide scientists and clinical researchers the insights to better understand biology and health.

We are now entering the century of biology and genomics is at the heart of the next revolution. Become part of the new paradigm in gene sequencing and help shape the future of genomic study by joining the Pac Bio team.

This role requires extensive hands‑on Dev Ops experience deploying and updating software on complex physical hardware systems. Ideal candidates have led Dev Ops and platform teams responsible for software that runs on instruments, robotics, or other embedded systems that process real‑world data. As the Senior Director of Platform Engineering at Pac Bio, you will lead the teams responsible for designing, building, testing, and maintaining the platform infrastructure that powers our next‑generation sequencing systems.

Your mission is to enable reliable, scalable, secure, and high‑performance software delivery across the organization, oversee Platform Engineering and Software QA, and collaborate cross‑functionally with development, verification/validation, manufacturing, and IT teams to ensure software quality, security, reproducibility, and operational excellence.

• Software delivery pipelines that target instruments, devices, or robotic systems
• Managing OS images, updates, and configuration on deployed hardware
• Supporting systems that interact with sensors, actuators, or data collection hardware
• Debugging failures across hardware, OS, middleware, and application layers

Candidates whose Dev Ops experience is limited to cloud‑native services, SaaS platforms, or purely virtualized environments will not be a fit for this role.

• Own and evolve software delivery pipelines for deployment onto physical sequencing instruments, including build systems, packaging, deployment, and release management
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines that support hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing, instrument simulation, and deployment to physical devices
• Define and execute the vision and roadmap for platform engineering and software QA in alignment with company and R&D goals
• Provide technical leadership and strategic direction across platform, infrastructure, Dev Ops, QA, and secure software development functions
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing team of platform and software QA engineers
• Drive continual improvement in software delivery efficiency, reliability, and scalability
• Establish and enforce secure development and QA practices, vulnerability management, and compliance with internal security standards
• Oversee the development and execution of a comprehensive software QA strategy, ensuring appropriate levels of verification, validation, regression, and performance testing across all product lines
• Define and enforce best practices for source control, build orchestration, and environment management
• Collaborate with development, IT, V&V, and manufacturing teams to streamline handoffs and enhance integration processes
• Oversee OS configuration, performance tuning, and system‑level optimization for sequencing instruments and supporting platforms

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release engineering
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience deploying and updating software on complex hardware systems (e.g., scientific instruments, robotics platforms, medical devices, or similar)
• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years in a senior leadership role (Senior Manager, Director, or equivalent) and experience with formal software development
• Experience leading multi‑disciplinary software organizations including platform engineering, Dev Ops, or software QA…