Senior Robotics Software Engineer

Maxwell Bond; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxwell Bond is seeking a Senior Robotics Software Engineer to lead the development of a new mobile application and supporting cloud platform. You will work across mobile, web and cloud technologies, making key architectural decisions and writing production-quality software that interfaces with connected robotic systems and large volumes of data.

This hands-on role offers significant ownership and the opportunity to shape the technical direction of the platform as the team grows, with

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering experience, with strong React experience and a track record of building production software.
• Strong experience building production mobile applications and cloud-native platforms, ideally using GCP, alongside RESTful APIs and distributed systems.
• Strong software architecture, database and distributed systems experience, with SQL/NoSQL, event-driven architectures, CI/CD and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, development and deployment of a greenfield mobile application and supporting cloud platform.
• Build scalable REST APIs, backend services, databases and distributed systems, alongside high-performance mobile and web interfaces.
• Establish best practices across software architecture, testing, CI/CD and observability, while providing technical leadership to the wider engineering team.

Skills

React

REST APIs

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Software architecture

CI/CD

Observability

Tools

GCP

Job description

We're an ambitious, venture-backed robotics and automation company developing next-generation intelligent systems that solve complex real-world operational challenges.

Our multidisciplinary team combines expertise across robotics, software engineering, machine learning and hardware to build products that bridge advanced automation with real-world deployment.

This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing engineering team where you'll have significant ownership, influence technical direction, and help shape products from concept through commercial deployment.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a Senior Robotics Software Engineer to lead the development of a new mobile application and supporting cloud platform.

As a Senior Robotics Software Engineer, you'll work across mobile, web and cloud technologies, making key architectural decisions and writing production-quality software that interfaces with connected robotic systems and large volumes of data.

This is a hands-on Senior Robotics Software Engineer position with significant ownership and the opportunity to shape the technical direction of the platform as the team grows.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the architecture, development and deployment of a greenfield mobile application and supporting cloud platform.


• Build scalable REST APIs, backend services, databases and distributed systems, alongside high-performance mobile and web interfaces.


• Establish best practices across software architecture, testing, CI/CD and observability, while providing technical leadership to the wider engineering team.

What We're Looking For

• Extensive software engineering experience, with strong React experience and a track record of building production software.


• Strong experience building production mobile applications and cloud-native platforms, ideally using GCP, alongside RESTful APIs and distributed systems.


• Strong software architecture, database and distributed systems experience, with SQL/NoSQL, event-driven architectures, CI/CD and automated testing.

We're looking for a Senior Robotics Software Engineer who can take ownership of complex software problems, make sound architectural decisions and build reliable systems from the ground up.

Nice to Have

• Experience integrating software with robotics, hardware, sensors, IoT or edge devices.


• Experience with computer vision, machine learning or image processing.


• Experience with offline-first applications, data synchronisation or high-availability systems.