About the role
Lightcast are a life-science startup developing a unique platform for massively parallel processing of single cell assay operations that can revolutionise conventional drug discovery workflows.
We are looking for developer to join our growing software and integration team, predominantly working in C# and WPF on both the embedded software that drives the device, as well as a suite of desktop products to design scientific experiments and analyse/visualise the results.
This gives a variety of opportunities from firmware and low-level hardware abstraction to user interface interactions and lots in between. The software makes extensive use of complex algorithm design, image analysis, ML/AI and embedded control software, giving developers a wide range of projects and technologies to work on. The team works in an Agile manner, with frequent releases and valuing technical excellence including development of a digital twin of the platform.
Due to the nature of the work, you also have the chance to work closely in a multi-discipline environment, alongside the engineering and biology teams.
Responsibilities
- Support the growth and development of direct reports through a nurturing environment.
- Key involvement in the full lifecycle development for desktop and embedded applications to allow scientists to design and execute complex experiments, whist capturing and analysing the resulting data
- Contributing to the solution design for often complex, algorithmic problems as well as highly intuitive user interfaces
- Involvement in requirements clarification, ensuring complex concepts are understood and translated in to well-tested, high-quality code
- Provide support to others within the team, through pairing, code reviews and testing
- Effective communication at all levels within the organisation
- Collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team covering engineering, electronics and biology, using an Agile process to ensure key deliverables are met to time and quality
We would expect you to have:
- Excellent skills and experience of working in software development
- People- first focused approach to line management
- Thorough understanding of C# / WPF, in a complex, heavily multi-threaded application
- Familiarity with Agile development concepts and technical excellence practices
- Deep experience of source control and software build processes
- Ability to communicate effectively with other teams across various disciplines
It would be advantageous for you to have:
- Scientific computing knowledge and a strong mathematical background
- An understanding of instrument control and interacting with hardware systems, typically over TCP/Sockets
- Knowledge of software for image processing / machine vision
- Technical knowledge of databases, data storage and logging concepts, and computer network technologies
- Experience of early-stage development, including the use of prototyping and proof-of-concept work
- Experience of software build and installer creation
- Pharma/Regulatory software experience, e.g. IEC 62304 or 21CFR part11.
- Experience of enterprise level systems and systems integration
- Familiarity with Python
We offer a generous benefits package including:
- 26 days holiday, plus Public Holidays
- Flexible working hours
- Pension contribution matched up to 7%
- Private medical insurance
- Income protection
- Life insurance
- Subsidized gym membership and weekly cross fit sessions
- Access to Cycle to Work and Technology schemes
- Enhanced family leave policies
At Lightcast, we recruit on a rolling basis, meaning we carry on recruiting until we find the right person for the role being advertised. We tend to compare individuals to the role specification rather than to each other.
About Lightcast
Lightcast Discovery is a bio-tools company developing a platform that combines the flexibility to analyse a wide range of cell types and assays with precise control over droplet number, occupancy, location and movement. Working with major pharmaceutical companies and leading academic institutes. Together, using our next generation microfluidic platform, we are driving scientific innovation, developing unique therapeutic approaches, and forging a path to exciting new scientific discoveries. Learn more about Lightcast Discovery at https://www.lightcast.bio/.
Lightcast Discovery is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
At Lightcast, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way in our book. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background and what you can bring to Lightcast Discovery.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Lightcast Discovery does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lightcast or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lightcast Discovery’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lightcast Discovery, and Lightcast Discovery will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.
What We Do
Lightcast is developing a novel, droplet-based platform that provides a deeper understanding of cellular function. Compared to standard microfluidic methods, the Lightcast platform offers the ability to run a broader range of assays and to precisely control and track the number, occupancy, location, and movement of each droplet. The unprecedented scalability and flexibility of this approach will help advance translational and basic research as well as streamline development workflows for drugs, therapeutics, and applied biologics.
