Senior Member of Technical Staff: Web Backend & Platform

walden-robotics; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual cash bonus

Company equity

Company-subsidized insurance programs

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO

Daily lunch

Job summary

Walden Robotics is building web applications to interpret and control robot fleets. This fullstack role centers on polished frontend work while owning backend APIs and services end-to-end.

You will surface fleet status, telemetry, and operational data in clear, actionable dashboards for customers and internal teams, delivering scalable cloud-based experiences and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience shipping production web apps end-to-end.
• Strong modern JavaScript/TypeScript frontend skills.
• Experience designing web APIs and backend services.
• Experience deploying apps on a major cloud provider.
• Ability to present live, data-dense information clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design and build customer-facing and operational web apps (dashboards, status views, control UIs).
• Create clean, responsive user interfaces for live data.
• Own backend APIs and services powering the applications.
• Turn robot and fleet data into actionable views.
• Develop and operate cloud-based web services with reliability and security.
• Collaborate with fleet, robot software, and product stakeholders.
• Write well-tested, maintainable code and iterate quickly.

Skills

Fullstack experience

Frontend depth

Backend & APIs

Cloud fluency

Data-driven UIs

Software craftsmanship

Ownership

Job description

At Walden Robotics, we envision a world where general-purpose robots dramatically improve the quality of life for all people—supporting us at home, at work, in factories, on farms, and beyond. To accomplish this, we are building a team of exceptional professionals who combine world-class technical skills with creative vision, grounded in humility and collaboration.

Position Summary:

You will build the web applications through which people understand and operate our robots—the dashboards, monitoring tools, and customer-facing interfaces that turn a fleet of robots and a firehose of robot data into something people can see, trust, and act on. This is a fullstack role with a strong front-end center of gravity: you'll craft polished, responsive interfaces while also building the APIs and services behind them. You'll work close to the domain, shaping how fleet status, telemetry, and operational data are surfaced to both our customers and our own team, and you'll own features end-to-end from data model to pixels.

Core Responsibilities:

• Web Application Development: Design and build customer-facing and operational web applications—fleet monitoring dashboards, status and telemetry views, and control and configuration UIs.
• Front-End Craft: Create clean, responsive, performant user interfaces, with attention to usability, clarity, and the realities of displaying live operational data.
• Full-Stack Ownership: Build and maintain the backend APIs and services that power these applications, owning features from data model through UI.
• Data Presentation: Turn robot and fleet data—telemetry, health, events, analytics—into clear, actionable views, working with the pipelines that deliver that data.
• Cloud Services: Develop and operate the web-facing services in the cloud, with attention to reliability, security, and scalability.
• Collaboration: Partner with fleet, robot software, and product stakeholders to understand what customers and operators need and translate it into great software.
• Quality & Iteration: Build well-tested, maintainable software and iterate quickly based on real user feedback.

Required Qualifications:

• Fullstack Web Experience: Proven experience building and shipping production web applications end-to-end, with a strong front-end focus.
• Front-End Depth: Deep proficiency with a modern JavaScript/TypeScript framework and the fundamentals of performant, accessible, responsive UI.
• Backend & APIs: Solid experience designing and building web APIs and the services behind them.
• Cloud Fluency: Working experience deploying and operating web applications on a major cloud provider.
• Data-Driven UIs: Experience building interfaces that present live, data-dense, or real-time information clearly.
• Software Craftsmanship: Track record of writing well-tested, maintainable code and caring about the quality of the end-user experience.
• Ownership: Ability to take features from ambiguous requirements through design, implementation, and deployment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Interest in or experience with robotics, IoT, fleet management, or other systems that surface real-world device data.
• Experience with real-time data in the browser (websockets, streaming, live dashboards).
• Familiarity with data visualization libraries and techniques.
• Experience with authentication, authorization, and multi-tenant or customer-facing security concerns.
• Exposure to the data pipeline and analytics side (warehouses, query layers, telemetry stores).

Walden Robotics offers a competitive total compensation program, including salary, annual cash bonus, company equity, company-subsidized insurance programs, 401(k) with company match, flexible PTO, daily lunch, and other benefits. The pay ranges noted on our posts are for salary only.

Walden Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].

Walden Robotics participates in E-Verify. If you receive an offer of employment from Walden, you will need to go through the E-Verify process of digital verification of your employment authorization documents as provided on the Form I-9. Participation in E-Verify does not limit your right to work and verification will only be completed after you become an employee with Walden Robotics.