Founding Software Engineer

Role details

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.