Emerald Cloud Lab
The Staff Backend Engineer role involves designing and developing highly scalable backend services to power scientific research platforms. This position requires collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver products that solve real-world laboratory challenges while ensuring high availability and security. The engineer will also contribute to setting technical direction and maintaining robust software engineering practices.
Emerald Cloud Lab operates a highly automated, remotely controlled life‑science laboratory in Austin, Texas that researchers can access from anywhere via a web interface or API. The platform combines robotic instrumentation, standardized protocols, reagent and inventory management, and automated data capture to execute and scale biological and chemical experiments reproducibly without local lab infrastructure. Academic groups, biotech and pharma teams use the service to accelerate discovery, improve reproducibility, and reduce the capital and operational burden of running experiments.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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