Senior Robotics Software Architect - Lead End-to-End Systems

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

Job summary

Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to drive architecture and strategy for robotic software modules enabling safe and delightful robots for everyday life.

The role emphasizes leading design across perception, navigation, motor control, and human-robot interaction, with ownership of end-to-end delivery from design to production. Strong collaboration with ML, hardware, and operations is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming experience in at least one language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of scalable systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• BS or higher in robotics, mechanical/mechatronics, systems engineering or related field.
• Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, statistics, and system design.
• Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant software solutions 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 development

Architecture design

Technical leadership

Robotics knowledge

Algorithms & data structures

Education

Robotics/Engineering degree

Job description

Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to drive architecture and strategy for robotic software modules enabling safe and delightful robots for everyday life.

The role emphasizes leading design across perception, navigation, motor control, and human-robot interaction, with ownership of end-to-end delivery from design to production. Strong collaboration with ML, hardware, and operations is essential.