Bear Robotics · 6 months ago
API Engineering Manager
Redwood City, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$210K/yr - $262K/yr
8+ years expBear Robotics is a company focused on robotics technology, seeking an API Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for developing and maintaining APIs and backend systems for their platform. The role involves managing project priorities, overseeing API design, and ensuring effective cross-team collaboration.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)HospitalityMachine LearningRoboticsSoftware
Responsibilities
Own team capacity and prioritization across all incoming projects and requests
Work with Directors and TPMs to plan quarterly/yearly API roadmaps and commitments
Provide clear decisions on scope tradeoffs, sequencing, and resourcing
Establish and maintain predictable execution and clean escalation paths
Lead hiring, performance evaluations, career growth, and mentoring
Drive the design and evolution of the company’s API and backend services
Partner with TLs on API interface standards, versioning, compatibility, and documentation
Review major architectural decisions and ensure long-term maintainability
Promote best practices in testing, observability, reliability, and operational readiness
Work closely with robotics, product, cloud/backend, and application teams to shape API requirements
Coordinate cross-team dependencies and identify integration risks early
Communicate API constraints, sequencing, and technical tradeoffs clearly to product and leadership
Qualification
Required
8+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with a record of delivering complex projects
5+ years building backend systems or service APIs
2+ years leading engineering teams or projects
Strong experience with API design, distributed systems, scalability, data integrity, and reliability
Proficiency in Go and Python
Ideally past work in building cloud APIs for dispersed, customer-deployed hardware
Strong communication and ability to drive clarity in cross-team technical interfaces
Preferred
Experience in robotics, real-time systems, computer vision, or AI/ML
Familiarity with startup environments and the ability to thrive in rapid iteration cycles
Knowledge of ROS, robotics middleware, or simulation tools is a plus
Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, or robotics engineering
Equivalent experience in lieu of formal education may be considered
Benefits
Discretionary annual performance bonus
Company
Bear Robotics
Bear Robotics is an AI-automated robotics platform that offers for the food service and hospitality field.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$175.75MKey Investors
LG ElectronicsIMMSoftBank
2025-01-24Acquired
2024-03-11Series C· $60M
2022-03-15Series B· $81M
Leadership Team
John Ha
Founder, CEO
Juan Higueros
Co-Founder | Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
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