Senior Software Engineer - Reliability (Remote) at Freenome

Brisbane, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Healthcare, BiotechnologyIndustries

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
5+ years in software engineering or Infra/DevOps/SRE roles (Python or Go are what we currently use)
Experience deploying cloud infrastructure via automation (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi, Bicep/ARM, etc.)
Incident management experience in cloud/software engineering as well as familiarity with incident management platforms (e.g., Incident.io, ServiceNow, Opsgenie, Pagerduty, etc.)
Hands-on experience operating production workloads in cloud environments
Familiarity with Kubernetes (AKS, GKE, or EKS)
Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills in distributed systems

Responsibilities

Define and implement observability practices (metrics, traces, dashboards, logs, alerts) for production systems
Partner with product, engineering, and lab teams to develop and maintain incident response playbooks and escalation procedures
Partner with engineering teams to define SLIs/SLOs and establish error budgets
Participate in on-call rotation for production systems, champion a focus on automation and self-healing
Contribute to production deployment and change-management processes that meet FDA and compliance requirements
Automate operational tasks, reducing manual intervention
Contribute to production systems and designs with the goal of improving reliability
Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage and deploy team owned infrastructure and subsystems
Help build out the SRE practice
Work closely with engineering, product, and lab teams to understand service reliability needs
Partner with TPMs, RA/QA, and compliance stakeholders to align operational practices with regulatory requirements
Participate in cross-functional incident reviews and postmortems
Share knowledge and document operational standards for consistency and onboarding
Design and run fire drills / tabletop exercises as well as disaster recovery exercises
Model Freenome’s values and principles in your work and interactions
Promote a collaborative, reliable engineering culture across product, infra, and lab engineering teams
Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and operational standards
Foster a culture of accountability, learning, and psychological safety
Independently drive reliability improvements in scoped systems or services
Provide mentorship to peers on observability, incident management, and operational best practices
Help build and evolve Freenome’s reliability practices and contribute to team strategy discussions

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

SREObservabilityMetricsTracesDashboardsLogsAlertsSLIsSLOsError BudgetsIncident ResponseOn-call RotationAutomationSelf-healingCloud InfrastructureFDA ComplianceRunbooksMonitoring

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

Is this Senior Software Engineer role remote?

Yes, this is a remote position.

What are the key responsibilities for this SRE role?

Responsibilities include defining observability practices, partnering on SLIs/SLOs and incident response, participating in on-call rotation, automating tasks, using Infrastructure as Code, and building the SRE practice.

What values does Freenome emphasize for this role?

Freenome values reliability as a product feature, continual improvement and learning, automating all the things, technical simplicity and clarity, blameless postmortems, and transparent communication.

What experience is ideal for this position?

The role is ideal for an engineer with experience running production workloads in the cloud, excited to build an SRE practice from the ground up in a regulated environment.

What is the reporting structure for this role?

The role reports to the Director, Cloud Infrastructure.

Freenome

Biotechnology company for early cancer detection

About Freenome

Freenome focuses on improving cancer detection through advanced blood tests. The company uses a multiomics approach, analyzing various biological data types, including genomics and proteomics, to find cancer markers in blood samples. This method allows for non-invasive early detection of cancer, which is crucial for effective treatment. Freenome differentiates itself from competitors by its unique combination of data analysis techniques and its commitment to clinical trials and research collaborations. The company's goal is to enhance cancer diagnostics and make early detection accessible to healthcare providers and patients, ultimately aiming to save lives through timely intervention.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2014Year Founded

$1,032.6MTotal Funding

LATE_VCCompany Stage

Biotechnology, HealthcareIndustries

201-500Employees

Benefits

Competitive market-based salaries

Annual bonus opportunities

Relocation packages

Medical, dental, & vision coverage

401k

Wellness programs

Equity

PTO

Risks

Employee layoffs may affect morale and innovation efforts.

Integration of Oncimmune Ltd. could divert focus from core projects.

Competitive landscape in cancer detection may impact Freenome's market share.

Differentiation

Freenome uses a unique multiomics approach for early cancer detection.

The company focuses on non-invasive blood tests for cancer screening.

Freenome's platform designs personalized health conditions based on cell-free genome analysis.

Upsides

Recent $254 million funding boosts clinical programs and platform expansion.

Partnership with Walgreens enhances clinical trial diversity and patient recruitment.

PROACT LUNG study positions Freenome as a leader in lung cancer diagnostics.

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