Jobs in Cambridge, MA

About the role

We are seeking Staff Software Engineers with backend experience to join our Lab Software Team (LaS), where you’ll collaborate with software engineers, lab scientists, and machine learning engineers to build cutting-edge tools for automated scientific analysis and more.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of engineering experience building and deploying large-scale systems in production.
• You must be strong in backend.
• Full Stack Development: Experience developing web apps across the full stack (React, TypeScript, TailWind, FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL, Python, Pydantic)
• Hands on experience using AI coding assistants to drive productivity is required.
• Communication & Collaboration: Acute listening skills, and a proven track record of working cross-functionally with scientists, data engineers, and product teams
• able to explain complex ideas to diverse audiences.
• Problem Solving: Proven ability to take ownership of complex backend challenges, balancing trade-offs between scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Domain Background: Exposure to laboratory software for life sciences, material sciences, or related fields.
• Lab Automation Experience: Experience with laboratory devices, robotics, or hardware drivers.
• Orchestration Systems: Experience with software orchestration platforms (Airflow, Prefect, Temporal, Dagster) and design patterns
• Cloud & DevOps Knowledge: Hands-on experience with AWS

Benefits