Senior Platform Engineer - Real-Time Robotics

Symbotic; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Symbotic is seeking Senior Software Engineers to build and evolve core systems in the Platform Services area. You will own vertical lift systems and related platform components, driving end-to-end design, production readiness, and real-time orchestration.

Join a team that optimizes throughput and reliability across robotics, controls, and infrastructure while applying algorithms to improve system performance and scalability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong C# / .NET skills.
• Strong system design and debugging skills.
• Experience with production systems and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core services for vertical lift systems and shared platform components.
• Own high-impact subsystems end-to-end from design through production.
• Proactively identify issues and drive improvements.
• Improve reliability, scalability, and throughput in production.
• Build event-driven and real-time processing systems.
• Apply algorithmic thinking to optimize flows and system behavior.
• Debug and resolve complex cross-system issues.
• Partner across robotics, controls, and infrastructure teams.
• Contribute to system design and architecture.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering quality.

Skills

C# / .NET

System design

Concurrency

Distributed systems

Debugging

Ownership

Tools

Robotics hardware-adjacent systems

Job description

Symbotic is seeking Senior Software Engineers to build and evolve core systems in the Platform Services area. You will own vertical lift systems and related platform components, driving end-to-end design, production readiness, and real-time orchestration.

Join a team that optimizes throughput and reliability across robotics, controls, and infrastructure while applying algorithms to improve system performance and scalability.