Cold-chain sample management and genomic services for drug development
Azenta operates a global sample management and genomic services platform for pharmaceutical, biotech, and clinical research organizations. The stack spans legacy enterprise infrastructure (Oracle, NetSuite, Salesforce) alongside specialized life-sciences hardware (Illumina, PacBio sequencers, Chromium systems) and is now migrating to Oracle ERP Cloud—a shift reflecting operational scaling across a 1,000+ employee footprint. Active projects center on sample migration, robotic storage automation, and regional commercialization, while pain points cluster around quality control, process standardization, and accounting efficiency, suggesting execution risk in a complex, regulated environment.
Azenta is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: AZTA) provider of cold-chain sample storage and genomic analysis services to pharmaceutical, biotech, academic, and healthcare organizations worldwide. The company operates a full suite of sample management solutions—from collection and storage through genomic sequencing—across drug development, clinical research, and advanced cell therapy workflows. Based in Burlington, MA, with operations spanning North America, Europe, and Asia, Azenta serves as a mission-critical infrastructure partner for life sciences R&D pipelines. The hiring footprint (145 active roles, steady velocity across engineering, sales, ops, research, and manufacturing) and global presence (10 countries) indicate continued capacity-building in both commercial execution and operational delivery.
Azenta uses Microsoft Office, Salesforce, Oracle (NetSuite, moving to ERP Cloud), AWS, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks for infrastructure, plus life-sciences hardware: Illumina and PacBio sequencers, 10x Chromium systems. Engineering uses Ruby, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, and Rails.
Azenta is headquartered in Burlington, MA, and actively hires across 10 countries: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Singapore, China, Belgium, Japan, Australia, and Canada, supporting North American, European, and Asian operations.
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