Fleet Orchestration Principal Engineer

Symbotic; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbotic in Wilmington, MA seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of large-scale distributed systems within the Fleet Orchestration team. You will own major components, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while remaining hands-on.

You will collaborate with robotics, controls, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver integrated solutions and contribute to the technical strategy and roadmap.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 12+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong experience designing and building distributed systems at scale.
• Deep knowledge of system design, concurrency, and performance optimization.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and influence system design
• Strong debugging skills across complex, multi-service environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of large-scale distributed systems and services.
• Own end-to-end delivery of major features or subsystems from design through production.
• Drive architectural decisions around scalability, resiliency, and system correctness.
• Develop and evolve event-driven, real-time processing systems.
• Analyze and improve system behavior using metrics, observability, and performance profiling.
• Diagnose and resolve complex, cross-system production issues.
• Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and elevate engineering quality across the team.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (robotics, controls, infrastructure, product) to deliver integrated solutions.
• Contribute to technical strategy and roadmap planning.

Skills

Distributed systems

System design

Concurrency

Performance optimization

Event-driven architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Symbotic in Wilmington, MA seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of large-scale distributed systems within the Fleet Orchestration team. You will own major components, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while remaining hands-on.

You will collaborate with robotics, controls, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver integrated solutions and contribute to the technical strategy and roadmap.