Hardware & Science Jobs at Developer Tools & Infrastructure Startups

Startups here build the tools and infrastructure other engineers use to ship software. Founders are usually engineers fixing a problem they had themselves, and the customer does the same job as the person hiring. Roles reward writing clearly in public, since documentation and community carry more weight than advertising.

You are often the first person to build, test or fix the thing. Lab and field work sit side by side, and results feed straight back into the design. A large employer would give you one instrument and one protocol, and an early startup gives you the whole bench.