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About the role
We are seeking Senior Software Engineers to join the Autonomous Lab software organization at Ginkgo Bioworks. These positions span multiple teams building Catalyst , the software platform that powers Ginkgo’s Autonomous Lab product. Catalyst encompasses everything from hardware driver interfaces and orchestration to data APIs and AI-enabled agentic workflows.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5 years of experience in a software development role, with demonstrated ownership of complex systems or features
- Strong proficiency in Python, additional language experience relevant to your team (C#/.NET for drivers, TypeScript/React for agent interfaces or solutions engineering, etc.) is noted in the team descriptions above
- Experience designing and operating production software — APIs, services, or systems — with real users and real uptime expectations
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, ability to work effectively across engineering, science, and customer-facing stakeholders
More about this role
Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world in order to answer the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our bioengineers make use of an in-house automated foundry for designing and building new organisms.
We are seeking Senior Software Engineers to join the Autonomous Lab software organization at Ginkgo Bioworks. These positions span multiple teams building Catalyst , the software platform that powers Ginkgo’s Autonomous Lab product. Catalyst encompasses everything from hardware driver interfaces and orchestration to data APIs and AI-enabled agentic workflows.
Candidates who apply to this posting will be considered for all open Senior Software Engineer positions across the Automation Software organization. If your application advances to a phone screen, we will work with you to determine the team and role that best fit your preferences, background, and the needs of the business.
The teams currently hiring are described below.
To learn more about automation engineering at Ginkgo, please visit our website .
All positions require the candidate to work on-site Monday - Friday...
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