Senior Staff Instrument Software Engineer for DNA Storage

Atlas Data Storage, Inc.; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Data Storage, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Instrument Software Engineer to join our core engineering team in California.

This role focuses on architecting and implementing high-performance software for our electrochemical CMOS DNA synthesis instrumentation and related hardware, with tight integration to back-end services. You will collaborate with hardware, electrical and chemistry teams to define requirements, and contribute across C, C++, and Rust to ensure data integrity and ultra-low

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Proficiency in C# and/or C++.
• 6+ years industry experience.
• Mastery of object oriented programming concepts, and clean software architecture design.
• Familiarity with hardware integration, system bring-up and validation.
• Ability to take a hands-on approach to software and hardware development.
• Experience with Git or similar version control systems.

Responsibilities

• Developing high-performance systems capable of handling very large data payloads while ensuring end-to-end data integrity.
• Help developing software running our highly custom DNA data storage platform.
• Working closely with hardware, electrical and chemistry teams to help define requirements and specifications.
• Architecting and implementing using languages such as C, C++ or Rust.
• Bringing expertise in Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) to inform architectural decisions that meet strict timing and reliability requirements for hardware control.

Skills

C/C++/Rust languages

Object oriented programming

RTOS knowledge

High-performance/low-latency coding

Git/version control

Hardware integration

Team collaboration across hardware/che

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

MS/PhD in CS or related field

Tools

Git

RTOS toolchains

Job description

Atlas Data Storage, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Instrument Software Engineer to join our core engineering team in California.

This role focuses on architecting and implementing high-performance software for our electrochemical CMOS DNA synthesis instrumentation and related hardware, with tight integration to back-end services. You will collaborate with hardware, electrical and chemistry teams to define requirements, and contribute across C, C++, and Rust to ensure data integrity and ultra-low