mundane · 3 weeks ago
software engineering intern (backend / robotics infrastructure)
Palo Alto, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$60K/yr - $80K/yrMundane is a venture-backed seed-stage robot learning startup founded by a team of Stanford researchers and builders. As a Software Engineering Intern, you will help build the cloud and backend systems that connect Mundane’s humanoid robots to operators and data pipelines.
Information Technology & Services
Responsibilities
Build and extend backend services that connect internet-enabled robots to cloud infrastructure
Assist with secure session management for teleoperation, including robot–operator connection, disconnection, and monitoring
Implement and maintain authentication and authorization mechanisms for robots, operators, and internal services
Support edge-to-cloud communication over unreliable or high-latency networks such as cellular or 5G
Contribute to data ingestion and buffering pipelines for moving large volumes of robot data into the cloud
Help define and implement cloud data storage and organization strategies for analytics and machine learning
Assist with over-the-air (OTA) update and remote deployment workflows for robot fleets
Build internal tooling, dashboards, or alerts to improve observability, reliability, and debugging
Collaborate with robotics engineers to define clean interfaces between cloud services and robot-side software
Qualification
Required
Strong programming ability in Python and/or C++
Solid understanding of backend systems, APIs, and distributed system fundamentals
Familiarity with authentication, authorization, and secure system design concepts
Comfort working with Linux, networking basics, and debugging production-like systems
Interest in robotics, real-time systems, or infrastructure that interacts with the physical world
Curiosity, autonomy, and a bias toward execution
Preferred
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Familiarity with ROS2, DDS, or robotics middleware
Exposure to streaming systems, real-time data, or low-latency communication
Experience with data pipelines, message queues, or databases
Prior internship or project experience involving production infrastructure
Benefits
Free merch
Robots
Espresso
Flexible hours
Sauna & cold plunge (pending)
Company
mundane
founded by Stanford robotics researchers, we're building humanoids that are useful beyond just lab demos, but in actual real-world deployments.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase