Robotics Software Architect & Tech Leader

Amazon Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape architecture for robotic software modules and drive end-to-end delivery from design to production. You will collaborate across R&D, ML, hardware, and operations to deliver integrated solutions and production-grade SDKs for developers.

The role emphasizes leading design decisions, mentoring engineers, and building scalable, robust software systems for real-world robotics applications in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Bachelor's degree or above in robotics, mechanical/mechatronics engineering, systems engineering or related field.
• Knowledge of data structures, algorithm design, statistics, and system design.
• Experience leading design, build and deployment of complex, performant software in production.
• Experience facilitating discussions with senior leadership regarding technical trade-offs, best practices, and risk mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Drive architecture and design decisions for robotic software systems, including perception, navigation, motor control, reasoning, and human-robot interaction.
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex software systems, from design through production deployment and operational excellence.
• Lead collaboration across research, machine learning, hardware, and operations teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Define technical roadmaps and drive innovation in robotic software development, including production-level SDKs for developer use.
• Design and implement systems and tools that accelerate development velocity for multi-disciplinary engineering teams.

Skills

Software dev experience

Programming languages

Architecture leadership

Mentoring

Data structures

Production deployments

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in robotics/engineering

Job description

Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape architecture for robotic software modules and drive end-to-end delivery from design to production. You will collaborate across R&D, ML, hardware, and operations to deliver integrated solutions and production-grade SDKs for developers.

The role emphasizes leading design decisions, mentoring engineers, and building scalable, robust software systems for real-world robotics applications in a dynamic environment.