5 months ago
Base Salary
$200k - $280k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and ship scalable backend systems for real-time robot control, data pipelines, and fleet monitoring.
- Own customer-facing applications for robot control, monitoring, and management.
- Build internal platforms supporting logistics, manufacturing, and service operations.
- Make architecture decisions and set technical direction for reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Review critical code, mentor engineers, and raise the team’s technical standards.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years leading teams that ship production systems.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud architecture using AWS or GCP, APIs, and real-time data pipelines.
- Proficiency in Python, Go, or C++ and a track record of designing scalable, performant, and stable systems.
- Preferred experience with robotics, IoT, real-time control systems, fleet management, OTA deployment, or device telemetry.
- Preferred experience hiring and growing engineering teams in a fast-moving environment.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options.
- Commuter benefits for transit and parking.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program.
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches.
About 1X
1X builds and manufactures humanoid robots designed to perform real-world physical tasks in homes and workplaces, paired with AI-driven control software. The company pursues a hardware-plus-software robotics business model, with development focused on general-purpose manipulation and mobility. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Palo Alto, it is privately held and operates in the robotics, AI, and electronics manufacturing domains, with products including the EVE and NEO humanoid platforms.