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San Francisco, CA Full Time Posted by: Horizon Search Posted: Sunday, 25 January 2026
 
 
Overview

Join a rapidly scaling biotech company as a Lab Automation Software Engineer, where you'll design and enhance software systems that drive efficient, large-scale DNA sample handling. You'll create dependable control applications for automated equipment distributed across international facilities-systems engineered to operate independently through the night, interface with diverse hardware, and respond safely to unforeseen disruptions. Your contributions will elevate processing capacity, minimize manual intervention, and enhance consistency and output for thousands of samples processed daily.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop high-quality Python applications to manage automated platforms and connect with laboratory devices
  • Design APIs, server-side components, and user interfaces to support seamless daily workflow between equipment and lab staff
  • Work closely with expert biologists to implement and optimize novel experimental procedures through automation
  • Implement observability tools to detect and resolve potential issues across distributed automated systems
  • Build deployment pipelines for computer vision models enabling adaptive handling and immediate anomaly detection
Ideal Candidate
  • Excels in environments demanding initiative and full accountability
  • Eager to gain insights from specialists in biology and related fields
  • Motivated by advancing innovations in healthcare, biotechnology, and sustainability
  • Capable of guiding initiatives autonomously from planning through launch
  • Committed to continuous growth and knowledge sharing
  • Enjoys collaborating in a close-knit, dynamic team setting
  • Prioritizes straightforward communication and supporting colleagues' development
Requirements
  • 4+ years developing software solutions for controlling hardware or automated machinery
  • Equity: Competitive equity package
Work Policy
  • Hybrid: 3 days in-office (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) in South San Francisco

React, Python, SQL, FastAPI/Django/Flask (Python Back End frameworks), AWS, Linux servers, OpenCV, C#, .NET

About the Company

We're a rapidly growing biotech company providing ultrafast, affordable DNA sequencing to thousands of researchers, startups, and labs worldwide. Our global 24/7 lab network delivers overnight/same-day results, specializing in long-read sequencing for plasmids, genomes, amplicons, RNA-Seq, AAV vectors, and more-saving scientists time and accelerating critical discoveries.

San Francisco, CA, United States of America
IT
Horizon Search
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1/25/2026 11:13:01 AM
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