Senior Staff Instrument Software Engineer — Bio-IT Hardware

Mammoth DS, Inc; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas in California is seeking a Senior Staff Instrument Software Engineer to help architect, design, and implement software for our electrochemical CMOS-based DNA synthesis instrumentation. You'll integrate with back-end services and bioinformatics pipelines to enable data storage hardware.

You will work with hardware, electrical, and chemistry teams, and contribute to high-performance, low-latency code across C/C++, Rust, and TypeScript, leveraging RTOS knowledge to meet strict timing.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience, with staff-level or senior leadership
• Expertise in C, C++, Rust, TypeScript or Python
• Deep memory management understanding across languages
• Write high-performance, low-latency code for very large data payloads
• Experience with firmware design and high-speed buses (SPI, Ethernet, USB)
• Knowledge of RTOS and its architectural implications
• BS in CS or related field
• Proficiency in C# and/or C++
• OO design and clean software architecture
• Hardware integration and system bring-up

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance systems handling large data payloads with data integrity
• Help develop software for custom DNA data storage platform
• Collaborate with hardware, electrical, chemistry teams to define specs
• Architect and implement in C, C++, Rust
• Apply RTOS expertise to meet timing and reliability for hardware control

Skills

C/C++

Rust

TypeScript

Python

RTOS

Low-latency coding

Hardware integration

Git

OO design

C#

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Master's or PhD in CS or related field (preferred)

Tools

Git

Version control systems

Job description

Atlas in California is seeking a Senior Staff Instrument Software Engineer to help architect, design, and implement software for our electrochemical CMOS-based DNA synthesis instrumentation. You'll integrate with back-end services and bioinformatics pipelines to enable data storage hardware.

You will work with hardware, electrical, and chemistry teams, and contribute to high-performance, low-latency code across C/C++, Rust, and TypeScript, leveraging RTOS knowledge to meet strict timing.