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Breakout Ventures · 9 hours ago

Software Engineer (Member of the Technical Staff)

Cambridge, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid, Senior Level

Breakout Ventures is focused on building a future powered by science through its portfolio company Transfyr Bio, which is developing physical AI for science. The Software Engineer will design and build core systems that make real-world science legible, working on software that interacts with complex laboratory workflows and multimodal data.

Advanced MaterialsEnergyFinancial ServicesLife ScienceVenture Capital

Responsibilities

Build the Backbone: Develop and implement core software systems that enable reproducible, legible, and scalable science in real world laboratory environments

Tame the Data: Build data pipelines and services that ingest, transform, and organize multimodal data (e.g., events, metadata, media, sensor outputs) generated by scientific workflows and support both rapid experimentation and production use

Make It Robust: Develop reliable infrastructure that supports both rapid iteration and production-grade robustness

Structure Reality: Collaborate closely with AI and ML engineers, perception engineers, scientists, and operations teams to translate evolving real world needs into robust software abstractions

Own the End-to-End: Take cross-functional initiatives from concept to deployment, helping define system boundaries, milestones, and technical tradeoffs

Ship Tools People Trust: Develop internal and customer facing tools that make complex systems understandable and usable for scientists and operators

Enable What Comes Next: Evaluate and integrate external tools, open source software, and infrastructure components where they accelerate progress

Qualification

Full-stack programmingPythonData pipelinesBackend systemsJavaScript/TypeScriptC++RustAI experienceScience experienceCommunication skillsAdaptability

Required

Strong full-stack programming skills and a track record of shipping real software systems that get used, maintained, and evolved

Fluency in Python and the ability to work productively in other languages as the system requires

Experience designing, building, and maintaining data intensive or backend systems

High agency. You don't wait for perfect specs, detailed tickets, or constant direction

Biased toward action. You value momentum, can move quickly without being careless

Successful in ambiguity. You can turn incomplete context into working software

Thoughtful. You can balance speed, correctness, and long-term maintainability

Clear, direct communicator. You close loops, surface issues early, and work effectively with colleagues

Intense. You care deeply about the mission, are willing to work hard when it matters

Preferred

A passion for and experience in science

A passion for and experience with AI

Demonstrated experience working in fast-moving/ambiguous environments (like startups!)

Benefits

Low/no-cost health insurance options

HSA

401K with matching

Lunch subsidy

Company

Breakout Ventures

Breakout Ventures is an early stage fund that backs bold scientist entrepreneurs.

Founded in 2016

San Francisco, California, USA

2-10 employees

https://www.breakout.vc/

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Total Funding

unknown

2018-01-01Seed

Leadership Team

Dana Watt

Partner

Julia Moore

Managing Partner

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