We are hiring software engineers who enjoy solving important real-world problems and working close to hardware; who learn new domains quickly and prefer practical solutions over over-engineered systems or unnecessary complexity.
You’ll work on the projects best suited for you. Projects range widely, and include:
- Scientific tools
- Automation & robotics (Linux & ROS level)
- Embedded C/C++ (typically owned by dedicated firmware engineers, but software engineers are welcome to learn!)
- Linux, CUDA, Server engineering for our AI safety, security, and verification work
- Custom simulation software (usually python)
- Data analysis pipelines (python)
- Organisational tooling (Typescript, react, postgres, etc.)
Structure: Small teams of software, mechanical, electronics, and firmware engineers build end-to-end systems, typically shipping within a few months.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is a new world-class astronomy facility designed to create a 10-year time-lapse map of the southern sky. Featuring the world’s largest digital camera it emits 20GB of raw pixels per minute, and we are developing the Prompt Processing System that will distribute an alert on every astrophysical object that has moved, changed or appeared in real-time. (https://rubinobservatory.org/news/first-alerts)
This appointment is based at SLAC, a DOE-funded national laboratory hosting the data facility and many of the 80 scientists and engineers of the world-wide Rubin Data Management team. (https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/)
Keep Rubin's Alert Stream flowing. We are hiring an SRE to own the reliability of our Prompt Processing Framework, a Kubernetes-based, event-driven system using KEDA, Redis Streams, Kafka, and Postgres to scale near-real-time processing. You’ll write software to improve resilience, operate and evolve core infrastructure services, and build the monitoring, alerting, and on-call practices that keep the system robust and reliable during nightly observing operations.
Stack: Python, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, Kafka, Redis, KEDA, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, Cassandra.
Details and apply here: ls.st/sre-ad
We build kinetic sculptures that shouldn’t exist. A small team of designers and engineers, creating massive, data-driven installations that live in the world’s most iconic spaces.
This is for someone who’s looking for a totally different job. You want to work on seriously hard problems along a talented multidisciplinary team. Ready to jump both feet into new problem domains, figure out what needs to be done - and do it.
Here’s a behind-the-scenes of a large piece we did: https://youtu.be/Y-X82D1dBLc?si=Dj-5casrqoXP9wVy&t=228
The Tech & The Role:
You’ll be a senior voice on a tight team, touching every layer of the stack
- Systems/Backend: Managing Linux-based distributed systems that coordinate massive arrays of sensors and actuators. - Embedded/Firmware: Writing C/C++ for custom PCBs and motor controllers. - Languages: Primarily Python, JS, C, and C++. - Hard Problems: Real-time constraints, custom networking protocols, and high-reliability systems that have to run 24/7 in public spaces. We're looking for: - 10+ years of experience. We need a "tinkerer" who understands math/physics and isn't afraid to poke at hardware. - Someone who thrives on "mission-critical" pressure. When a sculpture goes up in a public plaza, it has to work. - Mentorship-minded. You’ll help shape the software culture as we grow. We aren't a typical art studio, our tech is state-of-the-art. You’ll work alongside ME's and EE's in our Brooklyn studio to build things experienced by millions. The role is primarily onsite in Brooklyn, but some flexibility can be discussed.Studio: https://breakfaststudio.com/
Apply here: https://theartistbreakfast.com/jobs/jobs-senior-software-eng...
Can't wait to hear from you!
We’re building the continuous performance optimization platform. We help engineering teams catch performance regressions before they ship, with sub-1% measurement variance. We’re already trusted by teams at Cloudflare, Vercel, Mozilla, Pydantic, and Astral (Ruff, uv).
We’re a small, deeply technical team looking for engineers who want real ownership and the chance to ship end-to-end. Competitive salary, stock options, generous PTO.
Senior Systems Engineer: CPU simulation tooling, language runtime internals (CPython, V8), kernel I/O emulation. C/C++/Rust/Zig.
Senior Full-stack Engineer: React/Next.js, Node.js/TypeScript/GraphQL, GitHub/GitLab integrations, Rust data pipelines.
Senior/Lead AI Engineer: Agent layer, eval methodology, context pipelines, model selection. Python/FastAPI.
Graphic/UI Designer: Visual identity and product experience for a developer tool.
More details at https://careers.codspeed.io. Apply at careers@codspeed.io