Software Engineering - Lab Automation and Software (C#/.NET)

Location: Shanghai, China

Company

hirify.global is the hiring organization for this laboratory automation and software R&D role.

What you will do

• Design and develop C#/.NET software for laboratory automation, instrument control, data acquisition, diagnostics, and workflow execution.
• Build communication and control logic for analytical instruments, automation controllers, robotic devices, sample preparation systems, and connected laboratories.
• Develop REST APIs, back-end services, background processing, configuration services, and system integration interfaces.
• Implement asynchronous and concurrent processing for real-time instrument events, automated workflows, and long-running tasks.
• Develop scientific data processing capabilities, including spectrum and chromatogram access, transformation, file parsing, reporting, and result preparation.
• Create WPF or WinForms components and integrate AI-enabled services, workflow triggers, tool execution, and data-processing pipelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, automation, electronic engineering, instrumentation, analytical science, or a related technical field.
• At least 5 years of hands-on C# development experience with .NET Framework and modern .NET versions.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented design, design patterns, modular architecture, clean code, maintainability, and software engineering practices.
• Experience with asynchronous programming, multithreading, concurrency control, deadlock prevention, performance troubleshooting, and long-running task management.
• Experience with WPF or WinForms, REST APIs, background services, relational databases, data access, query optimization, and ORM frameworks such as Entity Framework.
• Ability to read technical documentation and participate in technical discussions in English.

Nice to have

• Experience in laboratory automation, analytical instrumentation, medical device software, industrial automation, or scientific workflow applications.
• Knowledge of hardware APIs, SDKs, serial communication, TCP/IP, device drivers, command execution, or device diagnostics.
• Experience with TypeScript, Node, JavaScript, Python, scientific data workflows, chromatography, mass spectrometry, or AI-enabled integrations.
• Familiarity with Angular, Electron, CI/CD, automated testing, logging, monitoring, deployment packaging, or quality-sensitive product delivery.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time weekly schedule with a day shift.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• Position duration has no end date.
• Pay ranges vary by role level and location, with individual compensation based on skills, experience, education, and work location.