About the Role:As a Senior Staff Instrument Software Engineer, you will be an essential member of our engineering team. You'll help architect, design, and implement high-performance software to operate the electrochemical CMOS based DNA synthesis instrumentation we are developing. You will also help support the development of a new generation of electronic gene sequencing hardware. All the hardware tightly integrates with back-end web services and bioinformatics pipeline.
- BS in Computer Science or related technical field
- Proficiency in C# and/or C++
- 6+ years industry experience
- Mastery of object oriented programming concepts, and clean software architecture design
- Familiarity with hardware integration, system bring-up and validation
- Ability to take a hands-on approach to software and hardware development
- Experience with Git or similar version control systems
Your responsibilities will include:- Developing high-performance systems capable of handling very large data payloads while ensuring end-to-end data integrity.
- Help developing software running our highly custom DNA data storage platform
- Working closely with hardware, electrical and chemistry teams to help define requirements and specifications.
- Architecting and implementing using languages such as C, C++ or Rust.
- Bringing expertise in Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) to inform architectural decisions that meet strict timing and reliability requirements for hardware control.
Required Skills:- 10+ years of professional software development experience, with significant experience in a Staff-level or equivalent senior technical leadership role.
- Expertise in broad set of languages such as C, C++, rust, typescript or python.
- Deep, demonstrable understanding of memory management and allocation strategies across multiple languages and runtimes.
- Proven ability to write performant, low-latency, and highly optimized code, particularly when dealing with very large data payloads (multi-gigabyte to terabyte scale).
- Experience designing and implementing firmware and working with high-speed buses (SPI, 1G/10G Ethernet, USB...).
- Knowledge of Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and their implications on system architecture and design.
Desired Skills:- Prior experience working directly with hardware development, bring-up, and troubleshooting.
- Front-end development (typescript, React or similar frameworks)
- Understanding of FPGA and ASIC integration
- Familiarity with data storage technologies
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) for data storage and deployment infrastructure.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Mastery of object oriented programming concepts, and clean software architecture design
- Familiarity with hardware integration, system bring-up and validation
- Ability to take a hands-on approach to software and hardware development
- Image processing experience
- Experience with Git or similar version control systems
Preferred qualifications:- Master's or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field
- Electrical and mechanical engineering experience is a big plus
- Experience with the latest .NET is a plus
- WPF experience is a big plus, and an eye for clean UI design is greatly appreciated
- Interest and ability to learn other programming languages as needed
The pay range for this role is:
175,000 - 210,000 USD per year (HQ)
