Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

Level: 4
Salary band: $150,000 - $190,000 (we have broadened our typical L4 band at the top end to allow for applications from more senior folks) 
Bonus: 8% performance-based, discretionary
Location: Hybrid - work in our Cambridge, MA office up to 3x/wk

If you are more senior or experienced than the scope of this role but you're still interested in the opportunity or company, then please apply - we are always excited to speak to folk as we scale. 

At Automata, we're on a mission to transform how scientists work by making automation accessible to every lab in the world. We believe that by giving labs the power to automate, we can unlock discoveries that will shape the future of life sciences—from diagnostics and drug discovery to synthetic biology.

But we’re more than just a company disrupting the industry—we're a team of innovators, problem-solvers, and creators passionate about empowering scientists. Our LINQ platform combines hardware and software to streamline workflows, making lab automation fast, flexible, and affordable. This means our customers can focus on groundbreaking research, while we take care of the rest.

Why Work at Automata?

• Impact: Your work will directly contribute to advancements in science and medicine, supporting labs around the globe as they push boundaries in research and innovation.
• Innovation: You’ll be part of a team solving complex problems (seriously, no one else has figured out how to do this yet), using cutting-edge technology (we have robots).
• Growth: We invest in our people. Whether through hands-on experience, professional development, or collaborative projects, you’ll grow both professionally and personally.
• Community: Join a diverse, passionate team that values collaboration (golf on a Thursday, Soccer once a month, movie nights whenever we fancy it).

We're looking for Full Stack Software Engineers based in Boston to join our Engineering Team. Our mission is to build lab automation products at the convergence of hardware and software in the life-sciences automation space that can transform the industry, accelerating science.

About the team

Our engineers are more than just technically skilled; they're driven by curiosity and a growth mindset. They find immense joy in seeing the software power the robots and the hardware bench, transporting plates from instrument to instrument. They understand the profound impact of their work on the life sciences industry, and this fuels their passion.

The core skills we’d like to see:

• Python for our application code, APIs and SDK, and scripting

• Typescript with React

We are flexible and look for the right folks. You are not expected to know everything, but here are some other of our core technologies and what our environment looks like:

• SQL and NoSQL databases: PostgreSQL, Couchbase, DynamoDB

• Event-driven architecture, employing technologies such as Kafka, gRPC and Protobuf for event definitions

• Solver technology and algorithms to drive our workflow scheduling solver engine

• Deployment on AWS to IoT Greengrass, ECS, Lambda and EKS, with infrastructure managed via Terraform and pipelines via CircleCI 

• Kubernetes and Docker for running our applications

• Observability platform via Datadog