Staff Software Engineer, Lab Platform & AI Tools

NCBiotech; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time-off

401(k) employer match

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Mindfulness programs

Job summary

GRAIL is seeking a senior/staff software engineer to design, build, and operate the laboratory software platform behind automated labs. You will work across services including workflow orchestration, LIMS, and visibility tools to enable scalable, compliant operations.

You’ll collaborate with scientists, automation engineers, and software engineers to create resilient systems that handle patient samples at scale, while balancing reliability and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with distributed systems experience.
• Proficiency in Python or Go; frontend with React/TypeScript.
• Cloud-native apps on AWS; APIs with REST/gRPC; Kubernetes experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate software systems powering automated laboratories.
• Collaborate across teams (science, operations, engineering) to handle complex workflows.
• Ensure reliability, regulatory compliance, and high-throughput laboratory operations.

Skills

Distributed systems

Python

Go

React

TypeScript

AWS

REST/gRPC

Kubernetes

Observability

On-call ownership

Tools

SQL

Docker

Job description

GRAIL is seeking a senior/staff software engineer to design, build, and operate the laboratory software platform behind automated labs. You will work across services including workflow orchestration, LIMS, and visibility tools to enable scalable, compliant operations.

You’ll collaborate with scientists, automation engineers, and software engineers to create resilient systems that handle patient samples at scale, while balancing reliability and regulatory requirements.