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Staff Software Engineer

Foundation
Full-time
On-site
San Francisco, California, United States
$80,000 - $1,000,000 USD yearly
Software / Technology / IT

Why are We Hiring for this Role

  • Lead architectural design and development of scalable cloud systems to support data ingestion, ML model deployment, remote diagnostics, and robot coordination.
  • Own and evolve the fleet management platform, including real-time telemetry, mission dispatch, firmware updates, and health monitoring across a global deployment of humanoid robots.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with robotics, perception, ML, and DevOps teams to integrate on-device intelligence with cloud services.
  • Implement data pipelines for ML model training, validation, and deployment, leveraging structured/unstructured data from sensors and operations.
  • Drive best practices in cloud-native architecture, security, observability, and performance tuning.
  • Mentor engineers, contribute to engineering excellence, and influence the technical direction of the company.


What Kind of Person are We Looking forΒ 

  • Proven experience building and scaling distributed cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Strong programming skills in Go, Python, or Rust; experience with modern backend frameworks and microservices.
  • Hands-on experience with IoT or robotics fleet management systems is highly preferred.
  • Deep understanding of data pipelines, stream processing, and ML model deployment in production.
  • Expertise in container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), event-driven architectures, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Familiarity with robotic middleware (e.g., ROS) and protocols (MQTT, DDS, etc.) is a plus.
  • Excellent communication skills and a passion for mentoring and scaling high-performance teams.
  • Experience with digital twin systems or remote simulation frameworks.
  • Prior work in safety-critical systems or real-time monitoring environments.
  • Contributions to open-source projects in cloud, robotics, or ML infrastructure.
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a Staff-level or equivalent leadership role.

Benefits


We provide market standard benefits (health, vision, dental, 401k, etc.). Join us for the culture and the mission, not for the benefits.


Salary


The annual compensation is expected to be between $80,000 - $1,000,000. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.