Genentech

Senior Software Engineer - Lab Automation

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3 days ago
Daly City, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$143k - $265k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, deploy, and operate full-stack software across web frontends, backend services, APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Build applications for managing samples and data, coordinating workflows, and designing, executing, monitoring, and analyzing experiments.
  • Use coding agents to accelerate implementation, testing, debugging, refactoring, and documentation while maintaining software quality.
  • Own features and systems from requirements and technical design through implementation, validation, deployment, and production support.
  • Design reliable and scalable data models, services, and integrations for scientific workflows and laboratory and enterprise systems.
  • Collaborate with scientists, automation engineers, designers, and software engineers across teams and products.
  • Improve technical architecture, engineering practices, and adoption of emerging tools and technologies.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience designing, shipping, and maintaining high-quality production software.
  • Full-stack software experience across frontend, backend, databases, and cloud infrastructure, with deep expertise in at least one area.
  • Hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, Python, SQL, and cloud-based services, ideally AWS.
  • Experience using coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or comparable tools for substantial engineering work, including directing, reviewing, and validating their output.
  • Experience creating and evaluating AI agents used within applications, including designing evaluations for agent performance and reliability.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals including system design, automated testing, version control, debugging, and production operations.
  • Clear communication, effective collaboration, and willingness to work directly with users.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Preferred experience integrating software with laboratory instruments, robotic systems, or physical hardware.
  • Preferred experience in scientific research, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, laboratory workflows, LIMS, ELNs, or scientific data management.

Benefits

  • Benefits are available as detailed in the linked benefits information.
  • Relocation benefits are not available for this opportunity.
  • A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance.
Genentech

About Genentech

10,000+ employees

Genentech discovers, develops, and commercializes biologic therapies for serious diseases across oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmology, infectious disease, and metabolism. Founded in 1976 and headquartered in South San Francisco, it operates as a member of the Roche Group, with research centered in its gRED organization and revenue driven by prescription drug sales and collaborations.

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