ONI

Biotechnology · Laboratory Equipment
4open roles
$115kmedian advertised pay
4backers · Future Planet Capital, ARCH Venture Partners
200+team · employees, estimated range

Overview

ONI offers innovative super-resolution microscopy systems including Aplo Scope, Nanoimager, and Aplo Flow. Explore dSTORM, PALM, DNA-PAINT imaging solutions for life science research.

Funding and backers

Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
13
+7 posted in 30 days
Backers
4
Future Planet Capital, ARCH Venture Partners
Momentum
22/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
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Jobs

≈ $69k – $154k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · Full-Time · PhD · Oxford
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≈ $22k – $62k per year (Estimated) · Remote (China) · Full-Time · Shanghai
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≈ $48k – $89k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United Kingdom) · Full-Time
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$100k – $115k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · PhD · San Diego
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$115k
Typical range
$70k – $120k
Open positions
5
3 Jobs
Junior 33.3%
Middle 33.3%
Staff 33.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 1 $115k $115k
Middle 1 $90k $90k
Staff 1 $120k $120k
Highest paying role Market Development Manager $120k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at ONI By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
24/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
13
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
52 days
faster than 26% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
21% ▼
Science & Research
21% ▼
Management
16% ▲
Finance
11% ▲
Marketing
11% ▲
Hardware
5% ▼

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at ONI over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
8
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
77/100
Languages
C++
Python
Embedded C
C
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Full ONI tech stack 8 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

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News

Blog 8 months ago
7 benefits of using live-cell imaging in single molecule research
The power of live-cell imaging and single-particle tracking Super-resolution microscopy and particularly Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy (SMLM) are great for capturing molecular events within the nanometer scale resolution. Usually, high resolutio
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Blog 9 months ago
Getting started with DNA-PAINT: Multiplexing and quantitative imaging
Discover what DNA-PAINT modality works best for you DNA-PAINT (DNA Point Accumulation in Nanoscale Topography) enables scientists to visualize a large number of targets in a single sample and study single proteins with sub-20 nm resolutions. Its quantitat
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Blog 1 year ago
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Blog 1 year ago
Which super-resolution technique is right for you?
We've put together a one page, printable PDF to help you choose between the Nanoimager's key super-resolution microscopy techniques. It covers core techniques including dSTORM, PALM, SPT and smFRET. The post Which super-resolution technique is right for y
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Blog 1 year ago
What makes super-resolution microscopy essential for nanoparticle research?
Understanding nanoscale biological structures like extracellular vesicles (EVs) and lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) is essential for advancing research in cell communication, targeted drug delivery, and nanomedicine. But analyzing these tiny, complex particles
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Blog 1 year ago
Visualizing the Invisible: Super-resolution Microscopy in Material Science
Super-resolution Microscopy in Material Science Super-resolution microscopy (SRM) has emerged as a transformative tool enabling researchers to visualize and understand structures and processes at the nanoscale. SRM is well integrated in the field of biolo
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Blog 1 year ago
Using targeting ligands for specific LNP delivery
Using targeting ligands for specific LNP delivery Targeting lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to specific organs and tissues is a high-stakes high-reward challenge in modern biomedicine. Here we discuss the current landscape of loading LNPs with targeting ligand
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Award 1 year ago
EV Competition Winner 2025
The 2024 winners share how ONI's Nanoimager will help them quantify cancer EVs at the single vesicle and molecule levels Dolores Di Vizio, MD, PhD, is a Professor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she has been working on Large Oncosomes (LO) and Extra
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Blog 2 years ago
Super-Resolution Summit at the heart of the science hub in Basel
Basel Super-Resolution Summit, December 2024 At the meeting point of Switzerland, France and Germany, Basel is a hub for biotechnology and pharma. It is not surprising, therefore, that our Super-Resolution Summit there was heavily focused on new technolog
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Blog 2 years ago
Ever-changing cells - probing dynamic processes in cell biology
Super-resolution approaches to study dynamic processes in cells Super-resolution microscopy is often associated with observing tiny details in cells that are fixed, or in other words, frozen in time and in space. These methods are extremely useful as they
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
San Diego
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San Diego United States
HQ
5 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 40% remote 50-200 est. staff $103k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing, Sales, Science & Research
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Oxford United Kingdom
Sales office
2 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Product, Customer Success
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
San Francisco, United States 1 open roles · last posting Apr 2026