Head of Software Engineering
Core
Lead a small, high-output engineering team building the software infrastructure for an automated lab where AI agents run biology experiments.
Role type
Head of Software Engineering (player-coach)
Builds
Software stack for AI-driven wet lab experimentation, including hardware integration, data pipelines, and observability systems.
Domain
Biotechnology / AI / Robotics
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Engineering roadmap ownership, team building and scaling, hands-on coding, architectural decision-making, AI agent integration, biology domain interest
Preferred skills
Startup experience, high-autonomy mindset, AI-native development practices
Technologies
Lab hardware APIs, data processing pipelines, AI agents
Responsibilities
Own the engineering roadmap and technical direction, ship code on high-leverage problems, hire and grow the engineering team, build AI-assisted development practices
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
