Lab Automation Software Engineer: Python, Robotics, Equity

Emploive; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Plasmidsaurus is seeking a lab automation software engineer to join our growing automation team in San Francisco. You will orchestrate and instrument our fleet of lab robotics and write production-quality Python to integrate hardware with our LIMS and data pipeline.

You will collaborate with world-class scientists to build scalable, high-throughput workflows, improve data quality, and deploy software across multiple devices using Docker, Ansible, and cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience programming in Python.
• 3+ years of experience using modern web frameworks like Flask/Django.
• 1+ years lab experience and familiarity with molecular biology protocols.
• 1+ years of experience automating, optimizing and scaling lab procedures using liquid handling systems (OpenTrons, Hamilton, etc.) and lab robotics.
• Experience with orchestration and deploying software to multiple devices in the field (e.g. Docker, Ansible).
• Experience with cloud platforms and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., AWS, Terraform).
• Experience with building & maintaining QA, telemetry, and monitoring systems for a fleet of physical hardware.
• Experience working with Linux servers.
• Experience with simple computer vision (e.g., OpenCV).
• (Preferred) Experience with 3D printing (e.g., Fusion 360) and basic CAD modeling.
• (Preferred) Some experience with C# and .NET frameworks for scripting automation equipment.
• (Preferred) Interest in learning about biotechnology and DNA sequence analysis.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate and instrument our growing fleet of lab robotics.
• Create agentic tools that bridge RnD and lab automation, enabling scientists to answer questions faster than ever before.
• Write production-quality python code to integrate physical hardware with our custom LIMS and data pipeline.
• Collaborate with our world-class scientists and technicians to develop robust high throughput sample processing workflows.
• Build world class lab automation at one of the most exciting and dynamic companies in biotech.

Skills

Python

Web frameworks

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Biology

Tools

Flask

Django

Docker

Ansible

Terraform

AWS

OpenCV

Job description

Plasmidsaurus is seeking a lab automation software engineer to join our growing automation team in San Francisco. You will orchestrate and instrument our fleet of lab robotics and write production-quality Python to integrate hardware with our LIMS and data pipeline.

You will collaborate with world-class scientists to build scalable, high-throughput workflows, improve data quality, and deploy software across multiple devices using Docker, Ansible, and cloud infrastructure.