Ohalo Genetics jobs

Ohalo Genetics seeks a Business Development Lead to source, negotiate, and close supply-chain partnerships (growers, packers, processors, distributors, retail) and build strategic roadmaps for new market entry. The role combines field-based relationship ownership with market analysis and deal structuring. Full-time, onsite in South San Francisco, CA.

Quantitative Geneticist at Ohalo Genetics responsible for designing genomic prediction models (GBLUP, GWAS), breeding simulation platforms, optimization algorithms, and multi-trait utility functions for predictive agriculture. Requires expertise in statistical genetics, bioinformatics, and scientific modeling. On-site in South San Francisco, CA. This is a computational biology/research science role, not general software engineering.

Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Manager at Ohalo Genetics (South San Francisco, CA, full-time, ASAP). Manages vendor contracts, procurement processes, and expense controls across laboratory, greenhouse, automation, and production equipment. Responsibilities include contract negotiation, procurement strategy, procure-to-pay management, inventory tracking, and capex oversight. Core function is procurement/finance operations, not software engineering; on-site requirement violates remote-only preference.

Industrial Engineer – Integrated Biological Production Systems & Automation at Ohalo Genetics (South San Francisco, CA, full-time). Role focuses on designing, building, and integrating high-throughput automated biological production systems; emphasizes process improvement, lab automation, robotics integration, and operational excellence. While technical, core function is industrial/process engineering and systems integration for production workflows, not software engineering; on-site requirement violates remote-only preference.

Field Technical Development Lead at Ohalo Genetics, on-site in Watsonville or Bakersfield, CA with significant travel. Coordinates agronomic systems development, field trials, and variety testing for hybrid potato seed deployment. Role is agricultural sciences and breeding operations, not software engineering.

Biotech Program Manager at Ohalo Genetics (South San Francisco, CA, full-time). Leadership role overseeing discovery, development, and production programs at the molecular/cellular level; responsibilities include program general management, cross-functional orchestration, budgeting, and AI-led process acceleration. Not a software engineering position; on-site requirement violates remote-only preference.

Ohalo Genetics seeks a Commercial Potato Breeder in Watsonville, CA to lead late-stage potato variety development, field trials, and commercialization. The role requires a Master's in Agronomy/Plant Science, 5+ years of breeding experience, and 25–50% travel, representing an agricultural science position entirely outside the software engineering domain.

Senior Product Manager - Industrial Systems & Automation at Ohalo Genetics in South San Francisco, CA (full-time, ASAP). Role focuses on product strategy for hardware-software integration in automated greenhouse systems, managing robotics, throughput optimization, and physical-digital workflows. Requires 5-8+ years in product management in robotics, automotive, aerospace, or advanced manufacturing; emphasis on field work and systems orchestration, not hands-on engineering.

Mechatronics Engineer – Lab & Automation Systems at Ohalo Genetics (South San Francisco, CA, full-time, ASAP). Junior to mid-level role designing and integrating mechanical systems, robotics, sensors, and lab automation for plant genomics and greenhouse operations. Responsibilities include system integration, robotics deployment, sensor implementation, field commissioning, and cross-functional collaboration. Requires 5+ years mechanical/mechatronics experience. Compensation $120k–$150k. Core function is mechanical/mechatronic engineering, not software engineering; on-site South San Francisco violates remote-only requirement.

Commercial Partner Manager at Ohalo Genetics (South San Francisco, CA, full-time). Manages commercial partnerships, channel relationships, and go-to-market execution for international partners. Responsibilities include strategic planning, partner performance, and commercial execution; extensive travel required. Not a software engineering role; on-site South San Francisco violates remote-only requirement.

Ohalo, an agricultural biotech company developing improved crop varieties through novel breeding systems, is hiring a Senior Fullstack Engineer in San Francisco to build and own internal platforms powering their breeding, automation, and ML workflows. You'll design backend services in Python/FastAPI, develop web (React) and mobile (React Native) applications, operate GCP infrastructure as code, build scalable data systems with BigQuery and Spark, and support ML model deployment and event-driven architectures using Pub/Sub and Kafka. Required: 5+ years as a fullstack/platform/backend engineer, strong Python and FastAPI expertise, hands-on GCP operations (or AWS), infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD experience, and ability to work across product, data, and infrastructure layers in a distributed team. The role offers $150–$190k annually with no visa sponsorship available; React/React Native and agentic workflow experience are nice-to-haves, and the company emphasizes systems thinking and cross-functional collaboration with science and automation teams.

Greenhouse Technician at Ohalo Genetics in Watsonville, CA (full-time). Hands-on greenhouse role producing plants; responsibilities include planting, transplanting, watering, pest/disease scouting, weeding, data collection, seed harvesting, and controlled pollinations. Compensation $24-$27/hour. On-site Watsonville, CA location; no remote work. No engineering or technical software component.