Founding Software Engineer, Robotics Infrastructure

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Lambda Robotics in San Francisco builds autonomous systems for physical infrastructure. We’re seeking a founding software engineer to design the platform that enables a secure, reliable fleet of robots deployed across multiple customers and sites.

You’ll own core backend infrastructure, authentication, multi-tenant isolation, OTA updates, telemetry pipelines, and APIs to command robots. You’ll work closely with robotics engineers to bring telemetry and autonomy into production, scale from a few

Qualifications

• Experience building backend distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of Linux and networking.
• Proficiency with designing robust APIs and cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Build the infrastructure for managing fleets of robots and secure multi-tenant systems.
• Design registration, identity, authentication, and access-control mechanisms.
• Develop OTA software deployment, updates, and rollback processes.
• Create logging, monitoring, and incident response tooling.
• Develop APIs and UIs for commanding robots and viewing status.
• Ensure telemetry, video, and operational data pipelines are reliable.
• Collaborate with robotics engineers to productionize teleoperation and autonomy.
• Define scalable architecture from dozens to thousands of robots.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Linux

APIs

Cloud

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Git

Job description

Lambda Robotics builds autonomous systems for physical infrastructure. We’re looking for a founding software engineer to build the platform that turns individual robots into a secure, reliable fleet deployable across many customers and sites.

**What you’ll own**

* Build the infrastructure for managing and operating fleets of robots
* Design robot registration, identity, authentication, and access-control systems
* Build secure multi-tenant architecture that isolates each customer’s robots and data
* Develop remote deployment, configuration, software updates, and rollback systems
* Build logging, monitoring, alerting, and incident-recovery infrastructure
* Develop APIs and customer interfaces for commanding robots and viewing their status
* Build reliable pipelines for robot telemetry, video, logs, and operational data
* Work closely with robotics engineers to productionize teleoperation, autonomy, and data collection
* Define the architecture needed to scale from a few robots to thousands

**What we’re looking for**

* Deep experience building backend, distributed, cloud, or device-management systems
* Comfortable working across Linux, networking, APIs, databases, and deployment infrastructure
* Ability to design reliable systems that interact with real physical hardware
* Strong ownership and comfort working in a fast-moving, early-stage environment

**Nice to have**

* Experience with robotics, ROS 2, IoT, edge computing, or autonomous systems
* Experience with Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, observability, or over-the-air updates
* Experience building secure multi-tenant SaaS or fleet-management platforms
* Familiarity with real-time video streaming and unreliable network environments