Senior Software Engineer — C++ Austin, TX — In-Person
Antibiotic resistance kills more people each year than HIV and malaria combined. Combining single-cell analysis with machine learning, Pattern Bioscience is building the first “culture-free” diagnostic systems in the industry that can identify bacterial infections and determine which antibiotics will work in hours instead of days. The system software is core to the product.
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to own and advance that software. The codebase has history; part of the job is understanding it well enough to extend it without breaking things that matter. You'll work across a multidisciplinary team consisting of firmware engineers, data scientists, and biologists, operating at the intersection of software and physical systems.
You should apply if you:
· Are an expert in C++ and fluent enough in Python to work across the stack
· Are at home in Linux and comfortable with Docker
· Have experience exposing C++ APIs to other languages
· Have dealt with hardware interfaces, timing constraints, or real-time data pipelines
· Have worked with distributed systems and large, complex datasets
· Have inherited a non-trivial codebase and made it better
Requirements:
· 5+ years of industry C++ experience
· Strong fundamentals in computer science and multi-threaded development
· Startup experience is a plus (small team, high individual ownership, fast iteration)
Key Details
- Location: Austin, TX (In-Person)
A software hub with a vibrant culture and no personal income tax, recently seeing a surge in available talent from major industry expansions.
- Type: Salaried | Department: Software Engineering
- Benefits: Competitive salary + equity, health insurance, 401k matching, and PTO.
Join us! Pattern Bioscience is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability status.
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What We Do
Tackling a global health threat like antimicrobial resistance is not for the faint of heart, but the experienced and innovative team at Pattern Bioscience is on a mission to do it. Each year, drug-resistant bacterial infections claim more than a million lives globally and cost our healthcare system billions of dollars. Traditional diagnostic methods for bacterial infections remain rooted in slow, cumbersome, decades-old technology that contributes to sub-optimal treatment and the misuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics. The Pattern system is different. We’re developing the world’s only culture-free, rapid diagnostic technology that will reduce the time needed for pathogen identification (ID) and antibiotic susceptibility test (AST) results from days to hours. Our technology combines single-cell analysis of microorganisms with machine learning tools to deliver fast, clinically actionable information. The result? Patients get the right treatment faster, to save lives, prevent side effects and reduce healthcare costs.
