Jobs in Cambridge, MA

About the role

We are seeking a Software Engineer II 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.
• 2-5 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