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# Scientific Software Engineer (Lab Integration)

- **Company:** CuspAI
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £36,093.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Airflow, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Queueing Systems, Software Engineering, Datadog, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Api Design, Terraform, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5956687010

## About the Role

* Hands-on experience with lab automation, self-driving labs or other scientific discovery workflows, e.g. instrument control, robotic platforms, or high-throughput experimentation data pipelines.
 * Strong software engineering background, with production experience building and operating backend services.
 * Deep fluency in Python, including typed, well-tested code and API design.
 * Experience designing distributed systems that integrate with external parties: APIs, message queues or event-driven architectures, and data contracts.
 * Solid understanding of security practices for externally facing systems.
 * A collaborative mindset: you enjoy working in a small, multidisciplinary team, and can communicate clearly with experimental scientists, optimisation experts and engineers alike.

 * Experimental lab experience in materials science, chemistry or chemical engineering.
 * Experience with workflow orchestration (e.g. Dagster, Flyte, Prefect) or active learning loops.
 * Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform) and observability tooling.
 * Security or compliance experience or handling partner IP and confidential data.
 * Experience working across distributed teams and multiple time zones.