Founding Software Engineer

About the Role

This is an early-stage opportunity to help build a new category of software at the intersection of AI, robotics, and physical laboratory systems. You will own critical infrastructure spanning experiment orchestration, agent connectivity, and distributed coordination, and will have a direct hand in shaping the technical foundation of the product from day one.

What You'll Do

• Build experiment orchestration systems that schedule and coordinate work across distributed lab environments.

• Connect AI agents to real-world experiments and instruments through robust, reliable agent infrastructure.

• Design and implement data infrastructure to capture state, actions, measurements, failures, and provenance.

• Architect distributed systems that reliably coordinate software, devices, and experiments at scale.

• Develop developer tooling and APIs to accelerate new workflows and integrations.

• Debug and optimize across the full stack, from software through to hardware and physical systems.

What We're Looking For

• 3 or more years building production-grade software systems end-to-end.

• Strong proficiency in Rust or TypeScript.

• Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs, networking, and asynchronous programming.

• Demonstrated experience designing data infrastructure that captures state, events, and provenance at scale.

• Experience building orchestration or scheduling systems that coordinate multiple concurrent processes or devices.

• Experience debugging and integrating across hardware, firmware, and software layers in production systems.

• Experience building developer tooling, SDKs, or APIs for integration workflows.

• High agency and comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving early-stage environments.

• Experience with robotics, hardware integration, lab automation, embedded systems, or ML infrastructure is a strong plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary range: $100,000 to $170,000 USD. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in Munich, Germany (primary), with additional office locations in Zurich, Switzerland and San Francisco, USA. Hybrid arrangements may be considered.