Senior Software Engineer, Robotics Platform

Nimble; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Flexible Time Off

Health Insurance (medical, dental, and vision)

Paid Parental Leave

Commuter Benefits

Referral Bonus

401k

Equity

Job summary

Nimble is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Robotics organization in San Francisco. You will work on building the backend software for robot-enabled products, defining requirements with cross-functional teams, and designing scalable services.

Ideal candidates possess a degree in Computer Science and at least 3 years of software engineering experience. The position offers a salary range of $180,000 to $250,000 along with benefits including unlimited time off and health insurance.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing scalable systems and leading complex technical projects.
• Strong fundamentals in backend services, distributed systems, data modeling, and API design.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with robotics, ML, and product teams to define requirements.
• Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs.
• Own integrations between multi-agent systems and robot-facing interfaces.

Skills

Proficiency in Rust, Python, C++

Strong self-learning and improvement mindset

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor's, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Robotics organization, focused on building the backend and robotics platform software that powers our robot-enabled products. You will design and ship reliable services, APIs, and operational tooling. This role is primarily software and systems engineering working closely with the robotics team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with robotics, ML, and product teams to define requirements and turn them into well-architected software systems.
• Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs that support production workflows and customer-facing features.
• Own integrations between our multi-agent systems, cloud infrastructures, internal tooling, and robot-facing interfaces.
• Build orchestration and state management services that coordinate long-running operational processes.
• Improve reliability and scalability through robust testing, observability, incident response, and performance tuning.
• Drive software engineering best practices across the team by producing high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code and raising the bar in reviews.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to improving team processes and technical standards.
• Participate in and often lead design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning sessions.
• Join an on-call rotation and help diagnose and resolve production issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong self learning and improvement mindset.
• Strong proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Rust, Python, C++.
• Strong fundamentals in backend services, distributed systems, data modeling, and API design.
• Demonstrated experience designing scalable systems and leading complex technical projects.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with observability stack like OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and production.
• Experience building internal developer platforms, tooling, or workflow systems.
• Exposure to automation environments such as warehousing, manufacturing, or logistics.

What Else To Know

$180,000 - $250,000 a year. The above range is a starting salary range for candidates meeting the minimum qualifications. This position will also receive generous equity.

Benefits

• Unlimited Flexible Time Off.
• Health Insurance (medical, dental, and vision).
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Commuter Benefits.
• Referral Bonus.
• 401k.
• Equity.

Nimble Robotics, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state, federal or local laws.