# Senior Software Engineer - Spectroscopy

Title: Senior Software Engineer - Spectroscopy Location: Santa Clara, CA Job Term: Full-Time, On-site The Opportunity: Picarro is pioneering a unique confluence of hardware, software and cloud-based computing unlike anything being done today. By manufacturing the precision instruments at the core of this technology as well as developing the algorithms that enable cogent information to be derived from the data, we are transforming how world-class scientific, industrial and regulatory compliance measurements are made, and more importantly, who makes them. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to play a key role in the architecture, development, and deployment of the software platforms that power Picarro’s next-generation analytical instruments. This individual will work closely with systems, electrical, firmware, optical, manufacturing, and product teams to develop robust, scalable software solutions spanning embedded Linux systems, instrument control, data acquisition, automation, and cloud-connected applications. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering expertise with a demonstrated ability to work on complex scientific instrumentation. Candidates with prior

- **Id**: 952605
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/picarro-senior-software-engineer-spectroscopy>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Santa Clara, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-01T18:57:59Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T15:27:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 67
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7127
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Equity, Vision insurance, Wellness
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Laboratory Equipment, Environmental Science, Test & Measurement Instruments

## Company

- **Id**: 685604
- **Name**: Picarro
- **Domain**: picarro.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/picarro>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 88
- **Open postings**: 17
- **Ghost share**: 0.118
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 101
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 140000
- **Max**: 180000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 180000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 67

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-16T02:10:55Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 8 · green card filings: 4; Filings 12m: 8

## Liveness

- **Score**: 61
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.851
- **P room**: 0.72
- **Age days**: 67
- **Expected fill days**: 101
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:mid, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 180000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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