Senior Software Engineer, Robotics Platform
Nimble Robotics2 months ago
Base Salary
$180k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with robotics, ML, and product teams to define requirements and architect software systems.
- Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs supporting production workflows and customer-facing features.
- Own integrations among multi-agent systems, cloud infrastructure, internal tooling, and robot-facing interfaces.
- Build orchestration and state-management services for long-running operational processes.
- Improve reliability and scalability through testing, observability, incident response, and performance tuning.
- Produce maintainable, well-tested code; contribute to code reviews, design reviews, technical planning, and team standards.
- Mentor engineers and help improve team processes and technical practices.
- Participate in an on-call rotation and diagnose and resolve production issues.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in at least one of Rust, Python, or C++.
- Strong fundamentals in backend services, distributed systems, data modeling, and API design.
- Experience designing scalable systems and leading complex technical projects.
- Strong self-learning, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Preferred experience with OpenTelemetry, AWS, Kubernetes, production systems, developer platforms, tooling, workflow systems, or automation environments such as warehousing, manufacturing, or logistics.
Benefits
- Unlimited flexible time off.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
- Paid parental leave.
- Fully paid parking through commuter benefits.
- Referral bonus for successful hires.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Equity program.
About Nimble Robotics
Nimble Robotics builds AI-driven warehouse robotics and operates a robotic third-party logistics (3PL) service for e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment. Its platform includes general-purpose robots for storage, picking, packing, and sorting, offered as autonomous fulfillment services and systems for retailers and shippers. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company is privately held and has an alliance with FedEx to scale autonomous fulfillment within FedEx Fulfillment.