Nimble Robotics
Senior Software Engineer, Robotics Platform
$180K–$250K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 2, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and operate backend and robotics platform software, services, APIs, and operational tools that support robot-enabled products and production workflows.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and operate backend services, APIs, integrations, and orchestration/state-management systems.
- Improve reliability and scalability through testing, observability, incident response, and performance tuning; participate in on-call.
- Collaborate across robotics, ML, and product teams; contribute to technical reviews, planning, and engineer mentorship.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in at least one of Rust, Python, or C++.
- Strong backend, distributed systems, data modeling, and API design fundamentals; demonstrated experience designing scalable systems and leading complex technical projects.
Nice to have
- Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry.
- Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, production systems, developer tooling, workflow systems, or automation environments.
Pay
$180,000 - $250,000 USD base salary
Tools
Rust, Python, C++, OpenTelemetry, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD
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