At iLoF, we are building a photonics and AI-powered breakthrough platform to transform precision medicine. Our mission is to democratize access to personalized medicine for millions of people living with complex diseases worldwide. To achieve this, we’re expanding our team and seeking a Embedded Systems Engineer | Hardware-Integrated Software Developer | Deep-Tech Startup in Personalized Medicine to join us on this exciting journey.   

What You’ll Do

• Software Development: Collaborate with hardware and data science teams to develop software applications for automated data collection.

• Hardware Interfacing: Design, implement, and maintain robust hardware-software interfaces for seamless communication between devices and systems.

• Cloud and Infrastructure: Create and maintain data infrastructure on the cloud, manage various databases, and ensure efficient server operations.

• Data Security: Improve and update the company’s data and software security protocols, ensuring compliance with industry standards.

• GDPR Compliance: Work with the Clinical team to build GDPR-compliant databases in partnership with hospitals and relevant stakeholders.

• Regulatory Support: Collaborate with the Regulatory Affairs team to ensure our product meets the highest quality and compliance standards (e.g., IEC 62304, IEC 82304-1).

• Customer Value: Partner with the Product team to validate functional requirements and ensure our solutions provide value for customers.

• Education: MSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree.

• Experience: 

  • 3+ years of relevant software development experience, ideally in an industrial or hardware-adjacent environment.

  • Hands-on experience developing software that controls, orchestrates, or interfaces with physical hardware systems.

Technical Skills

• Software developer, comfortable working across multiple programming languages and paradigms.

• Proficiency in Python with solid working knowledge in at least two other programming languages. Ex: Rust, Go, C#, and Svelte.

• Experience with full-stack development including REST API, gRPC; PostgreSQL; Svelte or React.js

• Solid knowledge of Linux and server infrastructure (primary development and deployment environment).

• Familiarity with Windows for cross-platform development and tooling support.

• Docker for containerized development and deployment.

• Version control with Git (branching strategies, code review workflows, CICD).

• Ability to learn and integrate vendor-specific APIs, SDKs, adapting to proprietary documentation and development workflows as needed.

• Familiarity with low-level communication protocols: serial bus (UART, SPI, I²C), USB, and GPIO.

• Experience diagnosing issues in mixed hardware/software environments (serial communication faults, timing issues, firmware misbehavior, etc.).

Nice to have:

• Experience interfacing with hardware. Ex: autosamplers, fluidic handling elements (pumps, valves), lasers, CCD/CMOS cameras, ESP32 microcontrollers, and similar instruments.

• Familiarity with medical device software standards such as IEC 62304 and IEC 82304-1 is a plus.

• GDPR Compliance: Work with the Clinical team to build GDPR-compliant databases in partnership with hospitals and relevant stakeholders.

• Customer Value: Partner with the Product team to validate functional requirements and ensure our solutions provide value for customers.

Soft Skills

• Be a problem solver and proactive thinker with a hands-on approach to challenges.

• Strong team player with the ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment.

• Highly responsive, adaptable to changes, and detail-oriented.

• Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What We Offer

• Impactful Work: Join a mission-driven team making a difference in precision medicine.

• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside cross-disciplinary teams in a supportive and innovative atmosphere.

• Growth Opportunities: Gain experience across diverse technologies and grow your career as we expand.

• Flexibility: Be part of a fast-paced, adaptable startup culture.

If you’re passionate about technology and driven to make a difference in healthcare, we encourage you to apply—even if you don’t tick every box. Let us know how you envision contributing to our mission!

iLoF in a nutshell 

As personalized medicine becomes the norm, scientists, patients, and healthcare systems worldwide face massive barriers in providing the right treatment to the right patient. 

Recognized by CB Insights and Financial Times as one of the most promising Digital Health companies in the world, iLoF is building an AI-powered breakthrough platform capable of transforming precision medicine. 

Our goal is to become the platform that democratizes access to personalized medicine for millions of people living with complex diseases around the globe. 

Thanks to our proprietary optical fingerprint library of disease biomarkers and biological profiles we can offer personalized patient screening and stratification in a faster and more affordable way, saving up to 40% of the cost and 70% of the time while enabling a more human patient experience. 

Supported by leading institutions like Microsoft Ventures, Mayfield, or the Oxford University, iLoF is currently focusing on a validated platform technology in one of the biggest epidemics of our times: Alzheimer's, while maintaining ongoing verticals on Digestive Cancer, Stroke, and Infectious diseases.

Our Team

We are a mix of scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors based in Oxford and Porto, with a passion for healthcare! 

Recognized by CB Insights as one of the most promising Digital Health companies in the world and by the Financial Times as a Transformational Business in Healthcare, iLoF has been regularly featured in leading outlets like Tech Crunch, Wired, and Sifted and listed as a rising star in AI-Driven Drug Discovery, Health Screening & Data Analytics.

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What we value 

• A Be Kind attitude is the main guideline within iLoF

• A hand in the hammer and another free to support your co-workers as a true team player

• An Honest and Egoless attitude towards discussions and critics working in good faith

• The braveness to speak your heart in any situation

• Through words or actions be always sure to make a difference at any moment!

• Understanding that everyone has an identity outside of work and must be respected (work-life balance)

• Be proud to drive your responsibilities to success and help others do the same, embracing ownership!

Perks 

• A bright future at a promising high-tech startup company 

• Annual performance bonus

• Stock Options 

• A flexible environment and work-life balance: adaptable working hours, strong remote work culture 

• A stimulating atmosphere with room for creativity - fast-paced, fun, and energetic startup with a friendly culture 

• Weekly happy hours with amazing food and drinks

• Company offsites 

• Free coffee and snacks 

• Private healthcare insurance 

• The opportunity to work with a world 

• class, talented team: and potentially change healthcare as we know it for millions of patients living with complex diseases around the globe  

We share a passion for being part of a mission that matters, and we are always looking for curious and collaborative people who share our values and want to be part of our journey.  

If that sounds like a fit for you, click the apply button and join us.