Senior Robotics Software Engineer — Production & Orchestration

Nimble Robotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited time off

Health insurance

Paid parental leave

Commuter benefits

Referral bonus

401k

Equity

Job summary

Nimble Robotics is hiring a software engineer to design, develop, and maintain application systems and integrations enabling robot-enabled production environments. You will coordinate robot behaviors, manage system state, and integrate with enterprise systems in a fast, cross-functional setting.

Ideal candidates have 2–4 years of production coding experience in C++, Python, or Rust, plus familiarity with distributed systems, APIs, CI/CD, AWS, and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 2-4 years of production-level coding in C++, Python, or Rust.
• Experience with distributed systems, backend services, API design, CI/CD, AWS, Kubernetes.
• Experience in designing scalable systems and leading complex technical projects.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills.
• Proven ability to use analysis to drive engineering decisions.

Responsibilities

• Push and maintain code in production for robot coordination and workflows.
• Build and maintain integrations with robot platforms, APIs, services, and data systems.
• Develop fault-tolerant, scalable robotic software and systems.
• Triage field issues and drive necessary software changes across fleet and robotics.
• Collaborate with robotics, ML, and product teams in cross-functional projects.
• Lead or participate in design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning.
• Support warehouse operations to sustain throughput goals.

Skills

C++

Python

Rust

Distributed systems

API design

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor or Master in CS

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Nimble Robotics is hiring a software engineer to design, develop, and maintain application systems and integrations enabling robot-enabled production environments. You will coordinate robot behaviors, manage system state, and integrate with enterprise systems in a fast, cross-functional setting.

Ideal candidates have 2–4 years of production coding experience in C++, Python, or Rust, plus familiarity with distributed systems, APIs, CI/CD, AWS, and Kubernetes.