Insitro
Full Stack Software Engineer, Lab Platform (LIMS)
$111K–$140K
South San Francisco, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- 2–4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
About the job
Build and maintain a full-stack lab platform that connects scientists with laboratory workflows, instruments, data systems, and agent runtimes, with a focus on useful, verifiable agent-enabled tools.
What you'll do
- Develop React and TypeScript interfaces, Python services, and integrations with instruments, Benchling, and agent runtimes.
- Own features end to end, from observing scientist workflows and designing data models and interfaces to monitoring and responding to issues.
- Prototype agentic tooling and collaborate with machine learning, automation, and biology teams to deliver verifiable workflows.
What they ask for
- Working knowledge of AWS or GCP, relational databases, version control, and code review.
- Product-oriented approach to understanding user needs and deciding what to build.
- Willingness to learn the science domain and reason about quality-versus-speed tradeoffs.
Nice to have
- Experience with LIMS, lab automation, or another life sciences domain.
- Experience building with LLMs or agent frameworks; familiarity with Django, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Docker, or AWS.
Pay
USD $111,000 - $140,000 base salary
Tools
React, TypeScript, Python, AWS, GCP, Django, FastAPI, PostgreSQL
AI focus
Build and test agentic tooling for lab workflows, including integrations with agent runtimes and designs that make agent actions understandable and verifiable by scientists.
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