Want to help shape the future of point-of-care diagnostics? BugSense is developing a paper-based diagnostic test that identifies urinary tract infections, bacterial load and antibiotic resistance within one working day.
Our goal is to help clinicians make faster, more precise treatment decisions and reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.
This is where software and AI become critical: our diagnostic test produces subtle colour signals on paper.
Your work will help turn those signals into reliable clinical answers.
We are incorporating as a GmbH in 2026 and planning a seed round in 2027.
WHY JOIN NOW This is not a role where you inherit a finished software stack.
You will join at a stage where core technical decisions still need to be made and where your work can directly shape the future product.
→ Full ownership of the software and AI stack, end to end → Real-world impact: your models will run with patient samples from hospital partners → IP co-creation: the AI approach is part of a pending patent claim → Founding team proximity: direct collaboration and strong influence on product, technology and architecture The salary is determined by the collective agreement for the public sector of the German federal states (TV-L), ranging from E13 (1) to E13 (2), depending on individual experience.
Tasks WHAT YOU WILL SHAPE AI Pipeline & image interpretation → Develop the computer vision and machine learning stack → Build approaches for colour normalisation, model selection and calibrated clinical outputs → Work on classification models for infection and species detection, as well as regression models for bacterial load and resistance → Design approaches that can handle mixed infections and quantitative outputs Hardware-software interface → Define how software, imag.