Senior Staff Platform Engineer – Team Lead

Inari Medical

Platform architect leading AI, data, and cloud infrastructure for Inari’s predictive seed-design technology. Guiding platform architecture, integrations, and a high-impact engineering team.

Posted 8/5/2026full-timeCambridge • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $169,800 - $233,400 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in software and platform engineering, with a strong focus on building scalable systems and integrating AI/ML capabilities. Proven ability to lead technical direction, influence architecture decisions, and enhance engineering standards across teams.

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Software EngineeringPlatform EngineeringTechnical LeadershipPython ProficiencyAWS Experience

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Hard Skills

Systems ArchitectureData EngineeringAPI IntegrationOrchestration FrameworksData PipelinesAI/ML InfrastructureContainer-Based InfrastructureServerless ArchitectureMCPsWorkflow Platforms

Soft Skills

Influencing Technical DirectionTranslating Technical Tradeoffs

Tools & Technologies

AWSKubernetesAirflowDatabricksSageMakerEKSQuiltMLflow

Industry Keywords

Life SciencesAgricultureAgTechBiotechScientific Computing

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowAWSKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the architecture and development of key software systems, platform components, pipelines, and services within Inari's Data & AI Platform
Build and mature authentication and authorization patterns, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and reusable deployment frameworks
Enable teams to host internal applications, run workflows, expose APIs, use shared services, and build on the engineering platform
Build and support infrastructure for AI-enabled systems, agentic workflows, MCPs, model-adjacent services, and internal AI platform capabilities
Drive integration across software engineering, data engineering, AI/ML, and scientific computing platforms across AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Airflow, Databricks, SageMaker, Quilt/S3, Python, and related services
Serve as a senior technical voice driving architecture decisions, technical standards, platform strategy, and platform-first thinking
Partner with the Director of AI & Data Engineering to set technical direction and identify platform priorities
Represent engineering platform needs in leadership discussions
Act as technical lead for a small, high-impact engineering team
Set technical direction, review designs and code, and raise engineering standards

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, systems engineering, data engineering, or related technical roles
2+ years of experience in technical leadership or leading engineering projects
Strong hands-on experience designing and building platform or systems architecture in data, AI, or scientific computing environments
Proficiency in Python
Practical experience with AWS, Kubernetes, serverless architecture, and container-based infrastructure
Experience building and integrating APIs, orchestration frameworks, data pipelines, workflow platforms, internal tools, or AI/ML infrastructure
Ability to influence technical direction beyond the immediate team
Ability to translate technical tradeoffs for engineering, product, science, and leadership audiences
Bias toward practical, reusable, scalable systems that teams can use and operate
Experience with MCPs or similar AI agent integration frameworks
Familiarity with Airflow, Databricks, SageMaker, EKS, Quilt, MLflow, or related data and AI platform tooling
Experience building internal developer platforms, shared engineering services, or platform capabilities for multiple teams
Background in life sciences, agriculture, AgTech, biotech, or another domain where data and AI are central to scientific work
Experience supporting production-grade AI, ML, RAG, agentic, or model-serving systems

Benefits

Comp & perks

Base, short-term incentive, and long-term equity
One-time new hire stock option grant
Preferred Provider Network (PPO) health plan
High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP)
Company-funded health savings account (HSA)
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
Voluntary benefits
Robust wellness program
401k plan with company matching
Flexible paid time off policy
Professional development
External collaboration with leaders of industry and academia
Immigration sponsorship for candidates in certain qualified roles that meet performance criteria