Senior Software Engineer, Fab OS

Atomic Machines Inc.; Emeryville (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

Atomic Machines Inc. is building the Matter Compiler, a general-purpose, AI-native manufacturing system that turns digital designs into functional devices. The role seeks a hands‑on software engineer with architectural depth to manage complexity and scale to more machines and devices.

You will work with fab equipment and cross‑functional teams, delivering dependable software in Go and Python. You will own critical software interfaces, guide migrations, and contribute to a data‑driven,

Qualifications

• 8+ years building production software in Go and Python.
• Demonstrated meaningful ownership of architectural decisions in a complex production system.
• Demonstrate first‑principles thinking with sound instincts for strategic tradeoffs.
• Experience testing, operating, and safely migrating systems where correctness matters.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively define component responsibilities, state ownership, and interfaces; remove or simplify unnecessary complexity.
• Build and test production software in Go and Python
• Establish and maintain core software interfaces with data engineering and AI systems
• Evolve existing systems through safe, incremental migrations.
• Resolve integration issues with operators and engineers, including hands‑on work with fab equipment.
• Work with cross functional teams to develop requirements and acceptance criteria

Skills

Go

Python

Architectural ownership

Production software

Data engineering

Optimization

Systems thinking

Hardware interaction

Education

BS in CS or related field

Job description

Atomic Machines is building the Matter Compiler™: a general-purpose, AI-native manufacturing system designed to turn digital designs into functional devices through arbitrary combinations of materials and processes. Starting at the microscale, it brings together precision robotics, physical AI, and optimization to make manufacturing programmable. New devices come from composing reusable manufacturing capabilities, with physical results feeding back into design and production. Our ambition is lights‑out manufacturing that learns from every build.
Atomic Machines recently emerged from stealth and introduced PrimeSwitch, the first device realized through the Matter Compiler. This electromechanical power relay provides concrete evidence of what the platform makes possible and marks an early milestone toward a much broader manufacturing vision.
Why This Role Matters
FABOS is the Matter Compiler’s control plane. It maintains a trustworthy view of materials and equipment, plans production, and coordinates execution across the fab. It connects planned work to physical results so people and autonomous systems can understand what happened, what remains uncertain, and what can happen next.
You’ll build the dependable execution software that makes this general‑purpose platform work as its capabilities and combinations grow. Our team already has deep expertise in data engineering and algorithms. We need a hands‑on software engineer with deep architectural experience and systems thinking to turn that expertise into simple, dependable software.
Your primary responsibility is managing complexity: defining clear responsibilities and interfaces, limiting coupling, and making the system easier to understand, test, operate, and change. Fluency in data and optimization, paired with a willingness to work with hardware, supports that responsibility. The architecture is still taking shape, and you’ll help establish the foundations for scaling to more machines, processes, and devices.

What You’ll Do

• Collaboratively define component responsibilities, state ownership, and interfaces; remove or simplify unnecessary complexity.
• Build and test production software in Go and Python
• Establish and maintain core software interfaces with data engineering and AI systems
• Evolve existing systems through safe, incremental migrations.
• Resolve integration issues with operators and engineers, including hands‑on work with fab equipment.
• Work with cross functional teams to develop requirements and acceptance criteria

What You’ll Need

• 8+ years building production software; productive in Go and Python.
• Demonstrated meaningful ownership of architectural decisions in a complex production system.
• Demonstrate first‑principles thinking with sound instincts for strategic tradeoffs.
• Closed‑loop experience: Operated or evolved the system long enough to observe the consequences of those decisions, explain what worked and failed, and improve the architecture.
• Experience testing, operating, and safely migrating systems where correctness matters.
• Translate expert knowledge and user needs into software requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Discuss data models, transactions, and durable history with data engineers; objectives, constraints, inputs, and outputs with optimization experts.
• Demonstrated interaction with equipment. Have had to understand and troubleshoot physical workflows.
• Has willingness to work directly with fab equipment
• BS in CS or related field

The compensation for this position also includes equity and benefits.
Salary Range: $180,000 USD - $230,000 USD
Atomic Machines is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and does not discriminate based on characteristics protected by applicable law. We are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including for individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation, contact [e-mail]. To help our recruiting team manage application volume and respond to candidates more efficiently, Atomic Machines may use AI‑assisted tools.