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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - **Company:** Symbotic LLC - **Location:** Wilmington, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $149,000.0 - $204,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, Big Data, Cloud Engineering, Profiling, Distributed Systems, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Performance Tuning, RabbitMQ, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Concurrency, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka - **Published:** June 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d6db009c0f4a7a74 ## About the Role Do you have a valid Driver's License license?, Do you have experience in Systems engineering?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field. * Minimum of 8 years of professional software development experience. * Strong experience designing and building distributed systems at scale. * Deep knowledge of system design, concurrency, and performance optimization. * Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.). * Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and influence system design * Strong debugging skills across complex, multi-service environments. Nice to have * Experience with robotics, warehouse automation, or hardware-adjacent systems. * Background in real-time control systems or orchestration platforms. * Experience with simulation, optimization, or algorithm-heavy systems. * Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and reliability engineering practices. Our environment * Up to 10% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver's license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations. * The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis. ## Description We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Software Engineering organization. In this role, you will lead the design and delivery of complex, high-impact systems that are critical to the performance and reliability of our platform. You will operate as a technical leader within your team, owning major components, driving architectural decisions, and mentoring other engineers while remaining hands-on. What we do Our teams build the core platform that powers real-time orchestration, robotics coordination, system intelligence, and operational visibility across our automation solutions. We solve problems that span distributed systems, physical automation, large-scale data processing, and real-world system behavior-where software directly impacts throughput, safety, and customer operations. What you'll do * Lead design and implementation of large-scale distributed systems and services. * Own end-to-end delivery of major features or subsystems from design through production. * Drive architectural decisions around scalability, resiliency, and system correctness. * Develop and evolve event-driven, real-time processing systems. * Analyze and improve system behavior using metrics, observability, and performance profiling. * Diagnose and resolve complex, cross-system production issues. * Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and elevate engineering quality across the team. * Partner with cross-functional teams (robotics, controls, infrastructure, product) to deliver integrated solutions. * Contribute to technical strategy and roadmap planning. ## Related Videos - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Profiling Symfony & PHP apps with Blackfire](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/265-profiling-symfony-php-apps-with-blackfire) - [Beyond Kafka & RabbitMQ: Why NATS is the Future of Microservices Messaging](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1646-beyond-kafka-rabbitmq-why-nats-is-the-future-of-microservices-messaging) - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [Goodbye Microservices, Hello Self-Contained Systems](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100009-goodbye-microservices-hello-self-contained-systems) - [Enhancing Workload Security in Kubernetes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/356-enhancing-workload-security-in-kubernetes) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [How Much Does a Software Engineer Make? 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