Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Edison Smart®; New York (NY); On-site; USD 270,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary up to $300k

Equity

Healthcare

Unlimited PTO

Visa transfers

Job summary

Edison Smart in New York City is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own core infrastructure and drive the platform's technical direction. You will shape backend systems that control real world experiments and operate with both cloud and on‑prem Kubernetes.

You have 7+ years of production backend experience, are fluent in Go or Rust, and have led large technical projects from design to production, including scheduling algorithms and gRPC/Protobuf interfaces.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building production backend systems.
• Go or Rust on server side.
• Kubernetes in production with IaC.

Responsibilities

• Own the scheduling system coordinating robots and equipment.
• Own the Go services and APIs behind the platform.
• Run Kubernetes across cloud and on-prem.
• Scale the platform with zero downtime deploys.

Skills

Go/Rust backend

Kubernetes

Scheduling algorithms

gRPC/Protobuf

Technical leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

Go

Rust

gRPC/Protobuf

Scheduling algorithms

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

New York, NY (on-site) | Up to $300k base + equity

I'm working with a well funded AI and robotics startup in NYC. Their software controls robots running real world experiments, so it has to be right every time. Small team, serious backing, and real technical ownership.

They need a senior backend and infrastructure engineer to own the core of the platform and set its technical direction.

What you'll do

• Own the scheduling system that coordinates the robots and equipment
• Own the Go services and APIs behind the platform
• Run Kubernetes across cloud and on prem
• Scale the platform with zero downtime deploys

What they're looking for

• 7+ years building and running production backend systems
• Go or Rust on the server side
• Kubernetes in production with infrastructure as code
• gRPC and Protocol Buffers
• You've led a big technical project from design to production
• Scheduling or planning algorithms
• Software that controls physical equipment

Package: Up to $300k base, equity, fully covered healthcare, unlimited PTO. Visa transfers supported.