Zifo, a global specialist in scientific and process informatics services for life sciences, biotech, and pharmaceutical organizations, is seeking an experienced Automation Lead to drive the design, architecture, and delivery of scalable, compliant automation solutions across scientific and laboratory workflows. The role sits at the intersection of science, laboratory informatics, data, integration, cloud, and automation technologies, partnering with scientists, laboratory users, technical teams, and client stakeholders to identify automation opportunities and translate complex experimental workflows into production-ready solutions spanning scientific system integrations, data components, workflow orchestration, AI-enabled capabilities, and next-generation data pipelines. As Automation Lead, you will provide technical leadership across solution architecture, integration strategy, automation frameworks, testing, CI/CD, production readiness, and delivery, while mentoring engineering teams, establishing reusable automation patterns and accelerators, managing technical dependencies, and serving as the key technical interface with clients. Experience with Benchling, LIMS, ELN, SDMS, CDS, enterprise data platforms, and strong expertise in Python, APIs, AWS, and modern software engineering practices will be highly valued. Own end-to-end automation initiatives, from discovery, technical assessment, and solution strategy through architecture, implementation, deployment, and production support, ensuring solutions are scalable, reusable, and aligned with business and scientific objecti

Zifo, a global specialist in scientific and process informatics services for life sciences, biotech, and pharmaceutical organizations, is seeking an experienced Automation Lead to drive the design, architecture, and delivery of scalable, compliant automation solutions across scientific and laboratory workflows. The role sits at the intersection of science, laboratory informatics, data, integration, cloud, and automation technologies, partnering with scientists, laboratory users, technical teams, and client stakeholders to identify automation opportunities and translate complex experimental workflows into production-ready solutions spanning scientific system integrations, data components, workflow orchestration, AI-enabled capabilities, and next-generation data pipelines. As Automation Lead, you will provide technical leadership across solution architecture, integration strategy, automation frameworks, testing, CI/CD, production readiness, and delivery, while mentoring engineering teams, establishing reusable automation patterns and accelerators, managing technical dependencies, and serving as the key technical interface with clients. Experience with Benchling, LIMS, ELN, SDMS, CDS, enterprise data platforms, and strong expertise in Python, APIs, AWS, and modern software engineering practices will be highly valued. Own end-to-end automation initiatives, from discovery, technical assessment, and solution strategy through architecture, implementation, deployment, and production support, ensuring solutions are scalable, reusable, and aligned with business and scientific objecti