Senior Software Engineer

We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to take the reins on the software behind our genome-mapping platform — the technology researchers rely on to uncover the structural variants driving cancer and rare disease — and shape what it becomes next. You'll take responsibility for our existing LabVIEW-based instrument application — feature work, debugging, performance improvements — while also playing a lead role in architecting its next-generation, Python-based replacement. This is hands-on work: you'll be testing and debugging directly against physical lab hardware, not just in simulation, and pairing with AI coding tools to move faster than a small team normally could. Location: Providence, RI — on-site 1x per week, hybrid. About the Company We've grown from a small team into a ~90-person organization, backed by a well-capitalized global parent, and we're still small enough that engineers here own real, visible pieces of the product rather than a slice of a much bigger machine. We're a life sciences instrumentation company building the hardware and software behind a next-generation genome analysis platform — precision electronics, nanofluidics, and computational biology combined into a single instrument that gives researchers a level of insight into genome structure that older methods can't match. Key Responsibilities Own, maintain, and enhance our production LabVIEW instrument application — feature additions, debugging, performance and reliability improvements, and incremental refactoring Lead and contribute to building the next generation of that application on a modern, Python-based stack Write software design and requirements documentation, and help build out a more structured verification and testing strategy Write Python tools for data analysis and integration within the instrument software Collaborate directly with the internal scientists and researchers who use the platform to shape improvements and resolve issues Use AI-assisted coding tools as a core part of your day-to-day workflow Qualifications 5+ years of professional software development experience, ideally with a BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related science field Hands-on, production experience with LabVIEW — able to debug, extend, and refactor an existing production application, not just personal or one-off test scripts Strong Python skills and comfort with object-oriented design and large, distributed architectures Understanding of the full software development lifecycle: requirements, design, implementation, and verification/validation Comfort working directly with physical lab instrumentation as a regular part of the job A pragmatic, collaborative communication style — this is a small, hands-on team, not a rigid corporate structure Nice to have: experience with AI coding assistants, SQL/SQLite, CI/CD tooling, quality-management-system environments (medical device, pharma, or defense), or communication protocols like Serial, TCP/IP, or CAN What We Offer Up to $200,000 base salary Bonus potential and an equity stake Full benefits: health, dental, vision, 401(k) with 50% match up to 6% of base salary, unlimited vacation, life and disability insurance, paid parental leave The chance to modernize a real, revenue-generating instrument platform and see your work matter immediately, backed by a well-funded parent organization #J-18808-Ljbffr