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Location: San Francisco, CACompany Stage of Funding: Seed Robotics Startup ($12.4M Raised)Office Type: Onsite (5–6 Days Per Week)Salary: $160,000–$250,000 + Equity
Company Description
We're representing an early-stage robotics company building autonomous systems that perform complex physical tasks inside data centers. Rather than focusing on consumer robotics, the team is developing vertically integrated hardware and software that enables robots to automate highly dexterous work such as GPU replacement, precision cabling, hardware repairs, and other infrastructure maintenance.
Backed by leading venture investors and operating with a small, high-caliber engineering team, the company is building both the robotic platform and the software stack from the ground up. This role offers broad ownership across robotics software, real-time systems, fleet infrastructure, and hardware integration while working directly on robots deployed into production environments.
What You Will Do
Design, build, and maintain the core software systems that power autonomous robotic platforms.
Develop high-performance backend services and real-time infrastructure using Rust and modern systems programming techniques.
Build software for robotic control, teleoperation, fleet management, and hardware communication.
Develop streaming pipelines and low-latency systems that connect perception, planning, and robot control.
Integrate sensors, cameras, robotic hardware, and firmware into reliable production software.
Collaborate closely with mechanical, firmware, and robotics engineers to solve cross-disciplinary technical challenges.
Improve reliability, observability, and performance across deployed robotic systems.
Own projects from architecture through deployment with significant autonomy.
Contribute to software hardening efforts that prepare robots for real-world customer deployments.
Solve new technical challenges as they arise across robotics infrastructure, networking, embedded systems, and cloud services.
Ideal Candidate Background
4–10 years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on systems or backend development.
Strong experience building production software in Rust, or deep expertise in another systems language with the willingness to transition to Rust.
Experience developing software for robotics, autonomous systems, embedded platforms, or hardware-integrated applications.
Strong understanding of Linux, networking, concurrency, and real-time software systems.
Experience building production services that interact with physical hardware.
Familiarity with robotics middleware, hardware communication protocols, or distributed robotic systems.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related technical field.
Strong problem-solving ability and comfort working across multiple technical domains.
High ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive projects from concept through deployment.
Preferred
Experience with ROS2, robotic manipulation, or teleoperation systems.
Familiarity with robotic arms, inverse kinematics, motion planning, or robot control systems.
Experience with hardware interfaces such as CAN, EtherCAT, UART, I2C, or similar protocols.
Background building real-time streaming infrastructure or low-latency distributed systems.
Experience at robotics, autonomous vehicle, aerospace, or hardware-focused startups.
Passion for building production robotics systems that operate in real customer environments.
Comfortable working in fast-paced startup environments with significant ownership.
Interest in AI, robotics infrastructure, and autonomous industrial systems.
Compensation and Benefits and Other Things
Base salary: $160,000–$250,000.
Competitive equity package.
Visa sponsorship and transfers available, including H-1B, OPT, and TN candidates.
Relocation assistance available on a case-by-case basis.
Five to six days onsite in San Francisco.
Opportunity to join a small engineering team with direct ownership over software powering production robotic systems.
Work closely with founders and help build autonomous robots designed for enterprise-scale deployment in modern data centers.