Software Engineer, Robotics Platform Organization

Nimble Robotics
San Francisco, CA, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
$180,000.0 - $250,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Systems Engineering C++ (Programming Language) Cloud Computing Code Review Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration Distributed Systems Python (Programming Language) Performance Tuning Software Architecture
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Reliability Engineering Requirements Management Software Engineering Software Systems Systems Architecture Rust (Programming Language) Scripting Robot Operating System Cloud Platform System Multi-Agent Systems Scalability Testing Backend Kubernetes Information Technology Api Design Programming Languages

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Robotics organization, focused on building the backend and robotics platform software that powers our robot-enabled products. You will design and ship reliable services, APIs, and operational tooling. This role is primarily software and systems engineering working closely with robotics team., * Collaborate with robotics, ML, and product teams to define requirements and turn them into well-architected software systems.

  • Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs that support production workflows and customer-facing features.
  • Own integrations between our multi-agent systems, cloud infrastructures, internal tooling, and robot-facing interfaces.
  • Build orchestration and state management services that coordinate long-running operational processes.
  • Improve reliability and scalability through robust testing, observability, incident response, and performance tuning.
  • Drive software engineering best practices across the team by producing high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code and raising the bar in reviews.
  • Mentor other engineers and contribute to improving team processes and technical standards.
  • Participate in and often lead design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning sessions.
  • Join an on-call rotation and help diagnose and resolve production issues.

Requirements

  • Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong self learning and improvement mindset.
  • Strong proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Rust, Python, C++.
  • Strong fundamentals in backend services, distributed systems, data modeling, and API design.
  • Demonstrated experience designing scalable systems and leading complex technical projects.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.

Nice to have

  • Experience observability stack like OpenTelemetry.
  • Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and production.
  • Experience building internal developer platforms, tooling, or workflow systems.
  • Exposure to automation environments such as warehousing, manufacturing, or logistics., Amazon Web Services (AWS), Application Programming Interface (API), Automation, Best Practices, C++ Programming Language, Cloud Computing, Code Reviews, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Customer Relations, Data Modeling, Distributed Computing, Engineering, Identify Issues, Incident Response, Logistics, Machine Tool, Manufacturing, Mentoring, On Call, Operations Processes, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Production Support, Programming Languages, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Reliability Engineering, Requirements Management, Robotics, Robotics Software, Rust Programming Language, Scalability Testing, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, System Architecture, Systems Engineering, Systems Scalability, Team Player, Warehousing

Benefits & conditions

$180,000 - $250,000 a year

The above range is a starting salary range for candidates meeting the minimum qualifications. This position will also receive generous equity!

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