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# Sr. Software Engineer, Robot Systems

- **Company:** Spectraforce
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Bash Shell, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Prometheus, Software Engineering, System Software, Web Services, Grafana, Git, Linux Development, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations, Grpc, Docker
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** http://leoforce.us/Careers/Spectraforce/JobDetails.html?jobid=4e462400-c309-4eca-861b-251c5f90c6b5&OrgId=1&UserId=5929

## About the Role

* Experience as a System Software Engineer building on machine and in the cloud software with 5+ years of programming in C++ and Python.
 * Proficiency with modern Linux development environments (e.g. bash, git, docker, etc.)
 * Proficiency with web services (REST/GRPC)
 * Experience with robotic and computer vision algorithms is beneficial
 * General knowledge of observability tools (ex: Prometheus ecosystem) is a plus
 * Effective verbal and written communication skills and a desire to work in multidisciplinary teams
 * BS+ in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field

## Description

As a Robot Systems Software Engineer, you will work alongside your software, mechanical and electrical peers to build AI and robotics products. In particular, you will be involved in the design and implementations of robot side features and algorithms.

You'll do whatever it takes - which might include going to the farm - to ensure our customers have reliable and safe products.

What you'll do:

 * Partner with Engineering teams to build efficient robotic software to support our revolutionary Laser Weeding robots and future products.
 * Build and troubleshoot robot system software and develop tooling to support high performance robotics algorithms.
 * What you'll build will help deliver state of the art AI performance to our robots by improving our machine learning pipelines and building associated features.
 * Work with a fast-paced, nimble software team working on problems that have never been solved before.
 * Drive decision through project planning, task delegation and leading problem solving efforts to iterate quickly


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