Company Description:
We are creating the future of brain-computer interfaces: building devices now that have the potential to help people with paralysis regain mobility and independence and invent new technologies that could expand our abilities, our community, and our world.
Team Description:
Software Engineers at Neuralink work on a variety of interdisciplinary teams. You will have the opportunity to partner with colleagues across the company to accelerate our pathway to mass-market, consumer-grade brain-computer interfaces.
Job Description:
We are looking for versatile engineers who are interested in architecting and implementing elegant software solutions and thrive with the autonomy to propose creative approaches to problems.
Engineers will be in person in either our Fremont or Austin locations!
Types of software you could work on:
- Implant firmware or embedded software
- Systems for manufacturing, analyzing, and testing the device
- Data platforms to collect, organize, and visualize a diverse set of data ranging from neural signal recordings to microfabrication manufacturing data
- Neurosurgical robot software
- Lab management system, our central collaboration hub for all teams within the company
- Software that interacts in real-time with our neural interfaces as well as other data acquisition systems to decode brain activity and interact with the environment
- On-prem & Cloud Infrastructure that enables the company to operate safely, robustly, and move at light-speed
Neuralink strives to be, as much as possible, a meritocratic environment: we require honest and transparent communication to ensure the best ideas win out. Additionally, we believe the best solutions emerge and the best teams form when you assemble high-performing individuals with different skill sets and perspectives, and allow them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry. We want to work with exceptional people, and, to the extent that you excel, we want you to take on more responsibility and help all of us succeed. If this speaks to you, come join us!
Required Qualifications:
- Ability to design and implement simple and elegant software solutions
- Proven track record of shipping software with real-world impact
- Enthusiasm for technology and software
- Understanding of how systems work at a fundamental level
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with Ruby, Python, and/or JavaScript
- Experience with C/C++/Rust
- Knowledge of container management and orchestration
- Experience with full-stack application frameworks like Ruby on Rails or Django
- Understanding of web development
- Experience in infrastructure development
Pay Transparency:
The following details are for Texas individuals only:
Texas Pay Transparency:
$31.50/hr USD
For Full-Time Employees, your compensation package will include two major components: salary and equity. Guidance on salary for this role will be determined according to the level at which you enter the organization, with the ability to gain more over time as you contribute. In addition, Full-Time Employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.
What We Offer:
- An opportunity to change the world and work with some of the smartest and most talented experts from different fields
- Growth potential; we rapidly advance team members who have an outsized impact
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
- Paid holidays
- Commuter benefits
- Meals provided
- Equity + 401(k) plan *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- Parental leave *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- Flexible time off *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
Multiple studies have found that a higher percentage of women and BIPOC candidates won't apply if they don't meet every listed qualification. Neuralink values candidates of all backgrounds. If you find yourself excited by our mission but you don't check every box in the description, we encourage you to apply anyway!
Neuralink provides equal opportunity in all of our employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military status, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, layoff, return from layoff, training and social, and recreational programs. All such employment decisions will be made without unlawfully discriminating on any prohibited basis.
If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point in the interview process, please let us know. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in those processes. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:
- Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
- Having interviews in an accessible location
- Being accompanied by a service dog
- Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview
