Senior Software Engineer, Volta Labs
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5+ days a week in office
Genomics applications company revolutionizing sample preparation
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Genomics applications company revolutionizing sample preparation
21-100 employees
Open for applications
+ Stock options
More information about location
5+ days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To transform the way biological research and analyses are performed, allowing scientists to focus on what they do best - pushing the boundaries of biology.
Role
Who you are
- This is the perfect role for an engineer with some production experience behind them, ready to join a startup as the rocketship is taking off
- Hands on design, development, and launch to production experience of electromechanical device software
- Ability to build a highly technical product for a low-tech audience; A startup mindset - the ability to connect dots quickly, iterate on the fly, and have courage to take calculated risks
- Prior in-production collaboration with (or direct experience alongside) hardware engineers - this role is a close collaborator, and awareness of hardware constraints and general knowledge is a day-1 must have
- You are comfortable with digging in on hardware and can read schematics
- Nice to Have: A keen interest in learning about molecular biology and genomics will bring our values together!
What the job involves
- Our team is growing naturally and looking to add a Software Engineer with strong frontend skills to support our commercial launch
- This is a unique engineering environment that combines software, firmware, robotics, biology, and chemistry into one product, with you working cross functionally between all groups
- Our team splits their time on average 30% in meetings like standups, strategy sessions, and brainstorms, and 70% hands-on work, be it designing, coding, testing and debugging, or code reviews
- Developing software anywhere in the device stack and beyond in languages including C, C++, Rust, Python, React and Javascript
- Author Python code to run on the instrument and control its functionality
- Develop manufacturing test functionalityDocumenting software design, implementation, and testing procedures to ensure clarity, maintenance, and scalability
- Partnering with our hardware engineers, scientists, and product managers to ensure Callisto’s software is as robust and effective as possible
- Design, develop, and maintain features for customer-facing products and internal tools
- Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex software errors, taking ownership of the resolution processDeploy software updates to fleets of instruments and monitor them to provide a stable instrument platform for end users
- Participate in code reviews, follow company coding standards, and write unit tests
- Contribute to the overall success of the team by proactively identifying opportunities for process improvement and innovation
- Facilitate hardware bringup and failure analysis. Regularly getting your hands dirty on unrefined hardware
- Within 3 months you’ll…have completed onboarding, be ramped into our code base and fully understand our product and opportunity. Training wheels will be off, and you’ll be working independently but in a collaborative environment
- By 6 months you’ll…have shipped your first code set (or more) for new controls , be developing opinions and insights to surface to the senior team, and be actively learning and sharing your knowledge with your team
- At 12+ months you’ll…be supporting hiring, growing your technical acumen, moving cross functionally through the org, and owning software projects from design to deployment
Our take
The world has undergone a genomic revolution. What the entire world could not do two decades ago - sequence a human genome - a scientist can easily do today and the adoption of sequencing technology is continuing to rapidly increase. Despite these ongoing advancements, preparing samples for sequencing remains a bottleneck, with scientists being held back by existing solutions for sample preparation.
Disruptive innovation is required in order to unlock the true utility of genomics and Volta Labs is taking on that challenge. The Massachusetts-based company is creating a programmable approach to DNA sample preparation with a platform that is providing simple, flexible, and powerful solutions.
What started as a simple graduate project quickly evolved into building biological automation from the ground up. Volta has seen steady growth since its inception in 2018. With the backing of several investment organizations, the company has launched its product to the public and is partnering with genomics tech companies to perfect its sequencing software.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor (2.6)
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2024
$4.3m
EARLY VC
Mar 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $24.3m
Company benefits
- Robust Equity Program, to build future wealth through stock options with high growth potential
- Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage, including Medical, Dental, & Vision
- Access to Our 401K Plan, to save for your future
- 12 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave, which can be taken over 12 months
- Paid Time Off, because we understand the importance of time off for rest and adventure
- 11 Paid Federal Holidays
- Twice Weekly Company Lunches, office snacks, beverages, & treats
- Paid Coffee Meet with Colleague
- Monthly Team Happy Hours
- HSA with monthly company contribution, & FSA
- Sponsored Commuter Benefit Plans
Company values
- We innovative continually and learn by doing: We take the approach of diving into problems at hand. Often this means creating perturbations in the system and measuring the outcome to figure out next steps instead of solely relying on ideating.
- We seek to learn and grow, individually and collectively: Like everything that survives and thrives in nature, we constantly evolve. We openly discuss the good and the bad. We do not shy away from our mistakes, rather we seek to learn and grow, individually and collectively.
- We lift each other up and leverage collective genius: We are tackling some of the most challenging problems that span many domains of engineering, software, biology and chemistry. We work together with open-mindedness and solve problems via collaborative discussions.
Company HQ
South Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA
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Leadership
Udayan Umapathi
(CEO)Previously worked as a Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab and Purdue University.
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