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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - **Company:** Right Hire Consulting LLC - **Location:** Redwood City, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cloud Computing, Code Review, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Software Design Documents, Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Software Systems, TypeScript, Management of Software Versions, Scripting, Computer Networking Systems, Grafana, Concurrency, Build Management, Kubernetes, Restful APIs, Terraform, Pagination, Grpc, Api Management, Docker, Golang - **Published:** July 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/sr-software-engineer-redwood-city-ca--9b5ca361-da83-4155-a6e6-9801f440794f ## About the Role * 5+ years of back-end software engineering experience, with a deep understanding of concurrency, networking, and system performance * Proven experience building and maintaining APIs-REST, gRPC- with a strong grasp of versioning, idempotency, pagination, and backwards compatibility * A passion for developer experience: writing clean client code, documentation, and practical tutorials * Hands-on experience with cloud-native environments (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform) and observability tools * Strong cross-functional communication skills you can balance technical design with user and product needs * A bias for action: you thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and iterate based on data and feedback * A collaborative mindset you value feedback, team growth, and inclusive problem-solving Bonus if you: * Have experience operating production services at scale * Regularly consume and evaluate third-party APIs * Enjoy writing about your work and sharing it internally or externally This role is perfect for someone who wants to have real impact in shaping the interface between robotics hardware and modern software systems. Skills: Application Programming Interface (API), Automation, Cloud Computing, Code Reviews, Communication Skills, Concurrency, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Docker, Documentation, Engineering, Ergonomics, Hardware Development, Mentoring, Metrics, Network Performance/Analysis, Network Systems, On Call, Pagination, Problem Solving Skills, Python Programming/Scripting Language, REST (Representational State Transfer), Reliability Engineering, Restaurant, Robotics, Software Engineering, Team Player, Technical/Engineering Design, Telemetry, Threat Modeling, Warehousing ## Description Were seeking a skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our API Platform team. This team plays a critical role in building secure, reliable, and intuitive APIs and SDKs that power robotics applications across industries from restaurants and hotels to warehouses and factories. By simplifying complex robotics systems, we enable both internal teams and external partners to scale and deploy next-gen automation effortlessly. As a core member of this high-impact team, you'll take ownership of the full API lifecycle from design and threat modeling to deployment and continuous improvement. Your work will help accelerate how quickly robotics innovations reach the real world. 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