# Staff Software Engineer, Imaging at Insitro

- Company: Insitro
- What the company does: At insitro, we are building a different kind of drug company to bring better drugs faster to the patients who can benefit most. Through the power of machine learning (ML) and data at scale, we decode the complexities of biology to unlock transformative new... Backed by SoftBank VF, a16z and GV.
- Company website: https://www.insitro.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: South San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $219K to $233K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-25
- Apply by: 2026-10-09
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/insitro/ff6605ae-4961-4a06-b656-6d7dc665d990
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/insitro-staff-software-engineer-imaging/

## About the role

insitro is a physical AI company dedicated to unlocking causal human biology and accelerating the delivery of better medicines to patients. Our unique Virtual Human™ platform identifies novel, high-impact genetic intervention points, which our TherML™ platform translates into therapeutics—whether small molecules, biologics, or oligos.

## What they're looking for

- • Proven Tenure: 8+ years of professional experience building and operating production-grade software and high-throughput data pipelines, primarily in Python
- • ML Platform Depth: You have designed, built, and deployed scientific computing pipelines, visualizations, and QC processes for large-scale imaging or similarly high-dimensional datasets
- • Distributed Systems Stack: Hands-on experience with a Python-first ML stack, distributed compute (e.g., PyTorch/Lightning, Ray, Kubernetes), and workflow orchestration (e.g., Argo, Airflow, or redun)
- • End-to-End Delivery: A track record of owning complex systems from architecture through production operation

Tags: Software Engineering
