Senior Platform Instrument Control Engineer

Merge; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Merge Labs seeks a Senior Software Engineer for Platform Instrument Control in San Francisco. You will turn custom instruments into robust APIs and build a safe, scalable orchestration layer to support high-throughput experiments.

You will mentor engineers, design reusable building blocks, and ensure reproducible protocols with strong focus on real-time control, concurrency, and excellent API design. Join a team advancing neuroscience with software.

Qualifications

• Experience in real-time device control and high-throughput data systems.
• Proven track record with instrument integrations.
• Strong API design and async data handling.

Responsibilities

• Wrap heterogeneous instruments as reusable building blocks.
• Design and build the orchestration layer for experiments.
• Build in safety and reproducibility for protocol runs.
• Handle large-scale acquisition with streaming and backpressure management.
• Onboard and enable platform engineers; mentor teammates.
• Mentor scientists and engineers on software SDLC.

Skills

Real-time systems

Python APIs

Hardware integrations

Concurrency & performance

API/SDK design

Mentoring

Job description

Merge Labs seeks a Senior Software Engineer for Platform Instrument Control in San Francisco. You will turn custom instruments into robust APIs and build a safe, scalable orchestration layer to support high-throughput experiments.

You will mentor engineers, design reusable building blocks, and ensure reproducible protocols with strong focus on real-time control, concurrency, and excellent API design. Join a team advancing neuroscience with software.