Software Engineer, Nimble Brain

Description

The company is an AI robotics firm building an autonomous supply chain for fast, efficient, low-cost commerce. It is training robot AGI for a general-purpose supply chain superhumanoid that should handle thousands of tasks across logistics.

The company has raised over $220M at a valuation above $1B and has a strategic alliance with FedEx to build a national network of autonomous warehouses expected to bring in many billions in yearly revenue.

The team is made up of highly skilled engineers and operators working at high intensity and pace, taking ownership and getting hard problems solved. The company's stated goal is to build robots that take over menial work, starting with factories, warehouses and last-mile delivery.

Founders come from the Stanford and Carnegie Mellon AI labs. The board includes Fei-Fei Li, Marc Raibert (founder of Boston Dynamics) and Sebastian Thrun (founder of GoogleX and Waymo).

This role is on the Nimble Brain team, building the backend and robotics infrastructure behind the company's robot-enabled products. You will ship reliable services, APIs and operations tooling, working mostly on software and systems alongside the AI team.

Responsibilities

• Work with robotics, ML and product teams to pin down requirements and translate them into well-designed software systems.
• Build and run backend services and APIs that serve production workflows and customer-facing features.
• Connect multi-agent systems, cloud infrastructure, internal tools and robot-facing interfaces.
• Create orchestration and state management services for long-running operations.
• Raise reliability and scale through thorough testing, observability, incident handling and performance work.
• Set the standard for engineering practice by writing clean, well-tested, maintainable code and holding high standards in code review.
• Coach other engineers and help improve team processes and technical standards.
• Run or take part in design reviews, code reviews and technical planning, often leading them.
• Take a turn on the on-call rotation to diagnose and fix production problems.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• At least 1 year of professional software engineering experience.
• A habit of teaching yourself and continually improving.
• Strong skill in at least one of Rust, Python or C++.
• Solid grounding in backend services, distributed systems, data modeling and API design.
• A record of designing systems that scale and leading complex technical projects.
• Clear communication and the ability to work across teams.
• Experience with an observability stack such as OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code and production systems.
• Experience building internal developer platforms, tooling or workflow systems.
• Exposure to automated environments such as warehousing, manufacturing or logistics.

Conditions

The starting pay range for this role is $150,000 to $210,000 per year. The final offer may differ based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills and experience.

In addition to cash pay, this role includes a generous equity grant.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and decides on merit alone, without regard to any protected characteristic under applicable law.

Benefits include unlimited flexible time off, medical, dental and vision insurance, paid parental leave, commuter benefits covering fully paid parking, a 401k, and a cash referral bonus for hires.

Benefits

• Unlimited flexible time off for travel, rest and time with family and friends.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance through several plans and options covering you and your family.
• Paid bonding time after a birth.
• Fully paid parking spots to reduce commuting stress.
• A cash bonus for referring a friend or colleague who is hired.
• 401k contributions toward retirement.
• Equity in the company through the equity program.