Lab Platform Engineer — Scale Software for Early Cancer Detection

Initial Therapeutics, Inc.; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

GRAIL is seeking a Senior or Staff Software Engineer to shape the next generation of the laboratory platform. You will design, build, and operate systems powering automated laboratories, collaborating with scientists and automation engineers to manage complex workflows at scale.

You will work across backend and frontend layers, with a focus on reliability, regulatory compliance, and operational simplicity, ensuring 24/7 operations and incident readiness.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals for distributed systems.
• Experience with Python or Go production software.
• Frontend development with React and TypeScript.
• Cloud-native apps on AWS and API design.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate software systems powering automated laboratories.
• Work across services including laboratory workflow orchestration, LIMS, and visibility tools.
• Collaborate with scientists, automation engineers, and software engineers to improve reliability and scale.
• Design for 24/7 operations, regulatory compliance, and fault tolerance.

Skills

Distributed systems

Python

Go

React

TypeScript

AWS

REST/gRPC

Kubernetes

Observability

Communication

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

GRAIL is seeking a Senior or Staff Software Engineer to shape the next generation of the laboratory platform. You will design, build, and operate systems powering automated laboratories, collaborating with scientists and automation engineers to manage complex workflows at scale.

You will work across backend and frontend layers, with a focus on reliability, regulatory compliance, and operational simplicity, ensuring 24/7 operations and incident readiness.