Agility Robotics · 1 month ago
Staff Software Engineer, Internal Services
United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
8+ years expAgility Robotics is a pioneer in robotics, known for their innovative robot, Digit. The Staff Software Engineer will be responsible for architecting and owning foundational tools and services that enhance the developer experience and productivity across the engineering teams.
Industrial EngineeringMechanical EngineeringRobotics
Responsibilities
Define the long-term vision for internal tooling, services, and developer experience, ensuring alignment with company goals and engineering best practices
Deliver a roadmap for a company-wide CLI framework, shared tooling, and platform services (e.g., routing, IAM), enabling consistent, secure, and extensible workflows across engineering teams
Partner with platform, security, application, and robotics engineers to understand needs and translate infrastructure complexity into intuitive workflows
Design and implement a CLI harness and plugin framework that teams can extend for their own use cases (e.g., onboarding, secrets, robot access)
Build self-service abstractions for infrastructure and networking (e.g., simplifying Terraform configs into easy-to-use APIs or commands)
Design and maintain shared services like routing, IAM, and internal API gateways that support reliability and scale
Establish standards for tooling ergonomics, security, and reliability
Create libraries, SDKs, and automation frameworks to unify workflows across teams
Drive adoption of internal tools by treating engineers as your “customers” and iterating based on feedback
Mentor engineers and influence the broader developer platform roadmap
Champion best practices in developer experience and internal platform design
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated track record of building developer-facing tools (CLIs, SDKs, APIs, automation frameworks)
Strong programming skills in Go, Python, or similar languages
Experience designing frameworks or extensible systems
Ability to gather requirements, communicate trade-offs, and drive adoption of internal solutions
Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence without authority across multiple engineering domains
Preferred
Familiarity with infrastructure tooling (Terraform, Kubernetes) or networking concepts (DNS, VPCs, routing)
Experience with identity and access management (IAM) systems or security-focused platform services
Experience with developer onboarding, productivity tooling, or security workflows
Background in developer platforms or internal DX initiatives
Experience building microservices for IoT or connected devices, particularly where security, reliability, and real-time constraints are important
Contributions to open source developer tools
Benefits
401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
Equity: Company stock options.
Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
Generous paid parental leave programs.
A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
Company
Agility Robotics
Agility Robotics builds an efficient, agile, and robust legged platforms for real world applications.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$178.79MKey Investors
NVenturesSchaeffler GroupPlayground Global
2025-09-10Series C
2024-11-13Corporate Round
2022-04-22Series B· $150M
Leadership Team
Peggy Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Jonathan Hurst
Co-Founder and Chief Robot Officer
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