Senior Software Platform Engineer – Hardware‑Integrated Controls

Prolific Machines; Emeryville (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Retirement plan

Generous PTO

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Career coaching

Team lunches and snacks

Companywide events

Job summary

Prolific Machines is hiring a Software Engineer to define and build the next-generation software and controls platform for its illumination systems. You will be a foundational software hire working across device control, cloud infrastructure, tooling, and future customer-facing systems.

You will collaborate with Firmware, Hardware, Data, and Bioprocess teams to deliver scalable, production-ready control systems.

Qualifications

• MS with 5+ years or BS with 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong systems-level thinking across software, firmware, hardware, and workflows.
• Fluency in Python and proficiency in at least one other general-purpose language (e.g. TypeScript, Go, Rust).
• Experience deploying cloud-connected applications and SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• Experience designing for reliability and operational robustness in mission-critical systems.
• Experience owning development environments (unit/integration/end-to-end testing, CI).
• Experience interfacing software with hardware (serial, TCP/IP) and debugging across software/hardware boundary.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop the software platform connecting Prolific illumination hardware, firmware, cloud infrastructure, internal tooling, and future systems.
• Define software interfaces, communication layers, and subsystem boundaries across distributed control systems.
• Collaborate with firmware and hardware engineers to design robust hardware/software interactions.
• Establish scalable software infrastructure and engineering practices for long-term productization.
• Help define technical scopes and interfaces for external software development partners and contractors.
• Contribute hands-on across the stack while shaping longer-term software direction.

Skills

Systems thinking

Python

TypeScript

Go

Rust

Education

MS in Software Engineering or CS

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Ignition

AirTable

Particle Cloud

Linux

Job description

Prolific Machines is hiring a Software Engineer to define and build the next-generation software and controls platform for its illumination systems. You will be a foundational software hire working across device control, cloud infrastructure, tooling, and future customer-facing systems.

You will collaborate with Firmware, Hardware, Data, and Bioprocess teams to deliver scalable, production-ready control systems.