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Nimble · 1 month ago

Staff Software Engineer - Robotics

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$230K/yr - $270K/yr

7+ years exp

Nimble Robotics is an AI robotics company focused on building the autonomous supply chain for efficient and sustainable commerce. The Staff Software Engineer will play a crucial role in developing application systems and integrations to enable robots to operate reliably in production environments, collaborating closely with engineering teams to enhance system performance and reliability.

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Own and drive the architecture of critical application systems, integrations, and orchestration frameworks that power production robotics

Identify, propose, and launch high-impact technical initiatives that improve system reliability, scalability, or developer efficiency

Proactively uncover gaps or opportunities in system performance, architecture, or workflows, and drive solutions from concept to production

Establish engineering standards, best practices, and long-term technical roadmaps for the robotics application stack

Drive engineering best practices across the team by producing high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable code

Work cross-functionally with robotics engineers, ML engineers, multi-robot coordination teams, infrastructure teams, and product teams to set technical direction and align long-term priorities

Mentor and develop engineers across the organization; provide technical leadership through design reviews and hands-on guidance

Triage product or robotics system issues to ensure reliability of production robotics systems; Serve as an escalation point during on-call rotations, guiding diagnosis and recovery during critical system incidents

Qualification

RustPythonC++Distributed systemsCI/CDAWSKubernetesAPI designCommunicationCross-functional collaborationSelf learning mindsetTechnical leadership

Required

Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science or related field or equivalent

7+ years of professional software engineering experience

Strong self learning and improvement mindset

Strong proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Rust, Python, C++

Deep understanding of software engineering fundamentals, backend services, distributed systems, and API design

Demonstrated ability to lead teams and influence technical direction across organizations

Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Experience with CI/CD, AWS, Kubernetes, messaging systems

Willingness to support production operations through an on-call rotation

Preferred

Experience with integrating robotics platforms, hardware devices, embedded systems, or automation systems

Exposure to automation environments such as warehousing, manufacturing, or logistics

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Commuter Benefits

Referral Bonus

401k

Equity

Company

Nimble

Nimble is building autonomous logistics powered by generalist superhumanoid robots.

Founded in 2019

San Francisco, CA, US

51-200 employees

https://nimble.ai

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