Cloud Platform Engineer

About Sapio Sciences

Sapio Sciences is on a mission to accelerate scientific discovery and high-throughput clinical and diagnostic services. We bring together scientists, engineers, and industry specialists to build a unified lab informatics platform that helps organisations move faster, work smarter, and generate deeper insight from their data.

Artificial intelligence is central to how we innovate and operate. Within our platform, AI enhances how laboratories structure, interpret, and act on scientific data. Across our business, we apply AI thoughtfully to improve efficiency, scalability, and decision-making. It is not an add-on or future ambition. It is embedded in how we build, deliver, and continuously improve.

Our platform unifies ELN, LIMS, and scientific data management within a highly configurable environment. Scientists, laboratory professionals, and bioinformaticians rely on Sapio to manage end-to-end laboratory operations, from instrument integration and experiment setup to sample management, data analysis, and reporting. We design solutions that are powerful yet practical, enabling teams to focus on science rather than systems.

Working at Sapio

Our EMBRACE values guide how we work and grow together. We take ownership of our outcomes, collaborate openly across functions and geographies, and remain curious about how science and technology can evolve. We are accountable to each other and to our customers, and we measure our success by the real-world impact our platform enables.

Working at Sapio means being part of a lean, growth-focused team where ownership is expected and progress matters. We value colleagues who are motivated by impact and comfortable operating in an evolving environment.

At Sapio, you will work alongside people who care deeply about advancing drug discovery and improving laboratory operations worldwide. Ideas are encouraged, initiative is recognised, and professional growth is supported. As a scale-up, we move with pace and purpose, balancing innovation with responsibility.

We partner with laboratories around the world, from emerging biotech companies to global pharmaceutical and diagnostics organisations, who trust Sapio to deliver intelligent, science-aware solutions that support discovery, development, and diagnostics.

About the role

As an experienced AWS Java Engineer, you will play a key role in developing, maintaining, and evolving the cloud infrastructure that powers Sapio’s SaaS platform. Working primarily with Java and AWS-native technologies, you will help design and improve the systems that enable reliable, scalable, and secure deployments across our global customer base.

You will be part of our core platform engineering team, working closely with colleagues based in the United States to enhance the performance, resilience, and automation of our cloud environment.

The work of the platform team sits at the heart of how Sapio delivers its product. Your contributions will directly influence platform reliability, deployment efficiency, and infrastructure scalability as we continue to grow our customer base. Because of the central role the platform plays in our business, this team’s work is highly visible across the company, including to executive leadership.

This is a critical engineering role for someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges and building systems that enable product teams to move faster while maintaining high levels of reliability and performance.

Working location

This is a remote role with an expectation to meet the team several times a year. Our employees are located across the US and the UK. With physical offices in York, PA, Fort Lauderdale, and London. 

Essential Responsibilities

• Extend and enhance our in-house platform for managing and automating SaaS deployments into AWS environments.
• Write and maintain Java code to deploy and integrate AWS resources for our offerings
• Design, implement, and maintain AWS infrastructure components for SaaS deployments
• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment and infrastructure issues
• Participate in code reviews and maintain documentation for technical solutions
• Follow established SDLC processes and development standards
• Support testing and validation of platform deployments and updates

Required Skills & Experience:

• Degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related technical field
• Several years of hands-on AWS experience in a professional environment
• Solid Java programming skills -- must be proficient and comfortable with Java development workflows
• Experience with software development in a team environment

Required Skills & Abilities:

• Strong programming skills with detailed knowledge of Java
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and fact-finding skills
• Proven organizational skills, with the ability to deliver agreed workload within deadlines whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Self-starter who is happy to learn from colleagues
• Great communicator with strong collaboration skills
• Problem solver with determination and persistence
• Focused on activities that add value and avoiding those that do not
• Maintain the highest standards of integrity and respect for coworkers, customers and prospects

Preferred experience:

• Experience with specific AWS services (EC2, ECS, RDS, Lambda, S3, VPC, CloudFormation)
• Strong knowledge of AWS networking and security controls, including VPC design, subnet isolation, VPN connectivity, VPC peering, and PrivateLink
• Usage of IaaC (Terraform/OpenTofu/Pulumi) for managing resources
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Linux/Unix environments
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Knowledge of build systems (Maven, Gradle)

What We Offer 

At Sapio Sciences, we recognise that our people are our greatest strength. That’s why we’re proud to offer: 

• A competitive salary and benefits package 
• Flexibility to work remotely, with opportunities to travel 
• A comprehensive onboarding and training programme 
• Ongoing opportunities for professional growth and development 
• A collaborative, inclusive and supportive work environment Sapio Sciences is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. 

Our People 

At Sapio Sciences, our people are at the heart of everything we do. Our lab informatics solutions are powered not just by technology, but by a shared commitment to our core values—what we proudly call The Sapio Seven, aka EMBRACE: 

- Embrace the future 

- Make a difference 

- Be true partners 

- Remember why we’re here 

- Act with empathy 

- Commit to transparency 

- Excel in quality 

These values shape how we work, how we grow, and how we deliver impact for our clients every day. 

Reasonable Adjustments 

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application, interview & assessment process, please let us know. We will work with you to support your needs in confidence. 

Equal Opportunity

Sapio Sciences hires based on merit, capability, and potential. Selection decisions are made using job-related criteria aligned to the needs of our customers and business.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on any characteristic protected by applicable law.