Plasmidsaurus
Molecular Diagnostics · Microbiome
10open roles
$195kmedian advertised pay
Growinghiring pace, 73 of 100
Atruth index, 87 of 100
Overview
Plasmidsaurus is the sequencing infrastructure for modern biology. Founded by scientists, for scientists, it was built around a simple idea: fast sequencing changes how research gets done.
How Plasmidsaurus hires
Truth index
A 87/100
Median time to fill
65 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
33%
Reposted roles
0%
Plasmidsaurus scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 6 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 33% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 65 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Funding and backers
Team
110
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Hiring now
15
+6 posted in 30 days
Momentum
26/100
hiring for its size, a new city
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 15, 2025
Launched Plasmidsaurus Launches Ultrafast RNA-Seq Service, Transforming Gene Expression Analysis with Unprecedented Speed, Affordability, and Convenience · YahooFinance
Jul 23, 2024
Partnership Oxford Nanopore Technologies and Plasmidsaurus Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Plasmid Sequencing · businesswire.com
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Web presence
top 2%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$195k
Typical range
$55k – $300k
Open positions
15
10
Jobs
Middle
20%
Senior
60%
Staff
10%
Architect
10%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 2 | $183k | $130k – $235k |
| Senior | 6 | $198k | $175k – $250k |
| Staff | 1 | $235k | $235k |
| Architect | 1 | $170k | $170k |
Highest paying role
General Counsel
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Plasmidsaurus
By role, level and city, against the market · 15 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
6 ▲ 50%
H-1B filings in 12 months
$53k
Median offered salary
14
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Biological technicians
6
In the register as Plasmidsaurus, Inc., Arcadia, CA
Other sponsors in the same field
ZYMO RESEARCH 
Vedanta Biosciences, Inc 
GeneDx 
Sapient
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Apr 22, 2026 · Visa details by country
A-rated
Sponsor licence
Senior or Specialist Worker +1
Visa route
0
Open roles in United Kingdom
In the register as Plasmidsaurus Ltd, London
Other sponsors in the same field
biomodal
Microbiotica
Eliptica
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
73/100
Growing
Open positions
15
3 opened / 4 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
65 days
faster than 19% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Science & Research
20% ▲
Field & Service
20% ▼
Support
13% ▲
Backend
7% ▼
DevOps
7% ▲
Product
7% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Cell Culture to stack
Nov 2026
Added Next-Generation Sequencing to stack
Oct 2026
Added LIMS to stack
Oct 2026
Added PCR to stack
Oct 2026
Added Benchling to stack
Oct 2026
Added Salesforce to stack
Oct 2026
Added HubSpot to stack
Oct 2026
Added Assembly to stack
Oct 2026
Added Platform Engineering to stack
Oct 2026
Added Bash to stack
Oct 2026
Added Red Teaming to stack
Oct 2026
Added PKI to stack
Oct 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Plasmidsaurus over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
40
Postings analysed
9
Stack modernity
82/100AI adopter
Languages
Python
C#
Bash
SQL
Frameworks & libraries
Django
Flask
OpenCV
Celery
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
Linux
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AWS Lambda
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AI & ML
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News
Plasmidsaurus Accelerates RNA-Seq: New EU Hub and Genovis Partnership Adds Stability to Speed, Without the Ice
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Genovis AB: Genovis and Plasmidsaurus Introduce SEQguard Dino Preserve - Enabling Ambient-Temperature RNA Shipping for Next-Generation Sequencing
Genovis AB today announces the commercial launch of SEQguard Dino Preserve, an RNA preservation product tested and optimized for Plasmidsaurus, a leading Sequencing as a Service company. The product enables
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Plasmidsaurus Launches Ultrafast RNA-Seq Service, Transforming Gene Expression Analysis with Unprecedented Speed, Affordability, and Convenience
Plasmidsaurus, the leading global Sequencing as a Service company, today announced the launch of its new RNA-Seq service. Applying Plasmidsaurus
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Plasmidsaurus Opens 10th Global Lab in Singapore, Scaling to Meet the Demand for Cutting-Edge Sequencing Around the World
Plasmidsaurus, the company that sequences while you sleep, today announced the opening of its tenth global sequencing lab, located in Singapore
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Oxford Nanopore Technologies and Plasmidsaurus Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Plasmid Sequencing
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Plasmidsaurus collaboration and contract expansion - Company Announcement - FT.com
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
5
Hiring now
4
Countries
2
Busiest office
San Francisco
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South San Francisco
United States
HQ
2 Tower Pl STE 950, South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
San Francisco
United States
Engineering / R&D
13 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 31% engineering 50-200 est. staff $208k Avg Salary
hires for Product, AI/ML, Backend
Louisville
United States
Engineering / R&D
2 open roles 1-10 est. staff $113k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Field & Service
Cologne
Germany
Support & operations
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $67k Avg Salary
hires for Support
Boston
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff $170k Avg Salary
hires for Operations
Earlier presence
Los Angeles, United States
London, United Kingdom
San Diego, United States