Responsibilities

We are seeking Senior Software Engineers to join the Autonomous Lab software organization at Ginkgo Bioworks. These positions span multiple teams building Catalyst, the software platform that powers Ginkgo’s Autonomous Lab product. Catalyst encompasses everything from hardware driver interfaces and orchestration to data APIs and AI-enabled agentic workflows.
Candidates who apply to this posting will be considered for all open Senior Software Engineer positions across the Automation Software organization. If your application advances to a phone screen, we will work with you to determine the team and role that best fit your preferences, background, and the needs of the business.
The teams currently hiring are described below.
To learn more about automation engineering at Ginkgo, please visit our website.
All positions require the candidate to work on-site Monday - Friday in our Boston office. Ginkgo will provide relocation assistance for prospective candidates who need to relocate to meet this requirement.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of H-1B visas at this time.
Each of the following teams have open position(s). During the phone screen, we will work with you to determine which team you will primarily interview for. If you have an early preference for the team you want to join, please indicate it in the application question.
Agent Interfaces
This team defines and builds the interactions between Catalyst users and AI agents on the platform. Engineers here own the agentic infrastructure: tool surfaces, orchestration, prompt pipelines, evaluation harnesses, and the backend APIs that make AI-enabled workflows safe and observable. They also deliver full-stack features that surface agent capabilities to scientists and operators.
Solutions Engineering (Customer-Facing)
This team sits at the intersection of software engineering and customer success. Engineers build custom integrations and workflow extensions tailored to customer-specific requirements, lead deployments at customer sites, and serve as technical escalation points for complex issues across the Catalyst stack. For this team, the role requires willingness and ability to travel to customer sites, domestically and occasionally internationally (up to 35%).
Orchestrator (Scheduling & Optimization)

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Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Lab (Scheduling & Optimization)

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Ginkgobioworks

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