Field Robotics Software Engineer – On‑Site Deployments & On‑Call

SR2; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 is building the intelligence layer for robotics and coordinating robots, humans, and workflows in live factory and warehouse operations. We’ve closed our Seed round and are deploying in production with large enterprise operators.

We’re hiring a Robotics Forward Deployed Engineer to own the software running in customer warehouses and write production code on-site when systems need to be brought up or restored. This is a field role, not a 9-to-5 Job.

Qualifications

• 2–6 years of software development in systems/robotics, backend, infrastructure, or field engineering.
• Strong Python or C++, and Docker/Docker Compose.
• Linux server admin and basic networking (DHCP, DNS, VLANs, TLS).
• Experience with REST/WebSockets/MQTT and Git.
• Calm under pressure, direct with customers, and comfortable with incomplete specs.

Responsibilities

• Write, test, and maintain the services that run at customer sites, including deployment and diagnostic tooling.
• Deploy and validate our stack in live warehouses, working with customer ops, IT, and engineering.
• Own production issues end to end, including off-hours incidents.
• Debug across the full stack, from robot faults and sensors to APIs, containers, and networking.

Skills

Python

C++

Docker

Docker Compose

Linux

Networking fundamentals

REST/WebSockets/MQTT

Git

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

GCP

Job description

SR2 is building the intelligence layer for robotics and coordinating robots, humans, and workflows in live factory and warehouse operations. We’ve closed our Seed round and are deploying in production with large enterprise operators.

We’re hiring a Robotics Forward Deployed Engineer to own the software running in customer warehouses and write production code on-site when systems need to be brought up or restored. This is a field role, not a 9-to-5 Job.