Founding Software Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE
This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage AI-lab automation company building software that connects AI agents to real-world laboratory systems. You will own critical infrastructure spanning experiment orchestration, agent connectivity, and distributed coordination, working at the intersection of software, robotics, and physical systems.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Build experiment orchestration systems that schedule and coordinate experiments across distributed labs.
- Connect AI agents to real-world instruments and experiments through robust agent infrastructure.
- Design and implement data infrastructure to capture state, actions, measurements, failures, and provenance.
- Architect distributed systems that reliably coordinate software, devices, and experiments at scale.
- Develop developer tooling and APIs to accelerate new workflows and integrations.
- Debug and optimize across the full stack, from software to hardware to physical systems.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- 3+ years building production-grade software systems end-to-end.
- Strong proficiency in Rust or TypeScript.
- Deep experience designing distributed systems with APIs, networking, and asynchronous communication patterns.
- Proven ability to debug and integrate across hardware, firmware, and software layers in production.
- Experience building data infrastructure systems that capture state, events, and provenance at scale.
- Experience building orchestration or scheduling systems coordinating multiple concurrent processes or devices.
- Experience building developer tooling, SDKs, or APIs for integration workflows.
- High agency and ownership in ambiguous, early-stage environments.
- Background in robotics, hardware integration, lab automation, embedded systems, or ML infrastructure is a strong plus.
- No biology experience required.
LOCATION
On-site or hybrid in Munich, Germany or San Francisco, CA. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Employment type
FullTime

Work arrangement
No