# Senior Software Platform Engineer at Prolific Machines

- Company: Prolific Machines
- What the company does: Backed by SOSV.
- Company website: http://prolific-machines.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Emeryville, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $210K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/prolific-machines/6d71f9d0-7248-4449-8ee2-f789191dab97
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/prolific-machines-senior-software-platform-engineer/

## About the role

Architect and develop the software platform connecting Prolific illumination hardware, firmware, cloud infrastructure, internal tooling, and future operational and customer-deployed systems Define software interfaces, communication layers, and subsystem boundaries across distributed control systems

## What they're looking for

- MS with 5+ years or BS with 7+ years of professional software development experience. Degree in Software Engineering , Computer Science, or a related field preferred
- Strong systems-level thinking and ability to reason across software, firmware, hardware, and operational workflows
- Ability to balance rapid prototyping with long-term architectural scalability
- Experience decomposing complex systems into modular, maintainable subsystems
- Fluency in Python and proficiency in at least one other general-purpose language (e.g. TypeScript, Go, Rust)
- Experience defining requirements, designing, implementing, and deploying software

Tags: Hardware