Software Engineer

Pantograph; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Pantograph is building general models that start with video and flow into robotics. We seek a sharp generalist engineer to work on our robot software, sitting close to customers and our hardware team in San Francisco.

You will help expand the core robot feature stack, test infrastructure, and tooling, with emphasis on usability and rapid delivery. Robust software craft, strong learning ability, and comfort with cross-domain work are valued over robotics background.

Qualifications

• Strong generalist programmer capable across domains.
• Experience shipping features for real users.
• Excellent communication with customers and cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to dive into new domains and learn quickly.

Responsibilities

• Work on the core robot feature stack and ship features that improve customer experience.
• Contribute to internal test infrastructure and robot tooling.
• Collaborate with hardware team and customers in a hands-on environment.

Skills

Generalist programmer

Customer-facing communication

AI tooling usage

Learning fast

Tools

Rust

Embedded Linux

Testing at scale

Video pipelines

Job description

Pantograph is training general models that start by watching internet-scale video and end up on robots. We think the path to capable robots runs through general intelligence rather than narrow, robot-specific skills. We're scaling simple methods across video games, real-world video, and our own fleet of affordable, durable robots.

We're looking for a sharp generalist engineer to work on our robot software. You'll sit close to both our customers and our hardware team. The work spans our core robot feature stack — building and shipping features that improve our customers' experience of our robots — as well as our internal test infrastructure and robot tooling.

A robotics background is not a requirement. The ideal fit is someone eager to dive into new problems, curious and quick to learn new domains, and who cares deeply about what makes products usable.

You might be a good fit if you:

• Are a strong generalist programmer who's comfortable jumping between domains
• Love shipping things and seeing real people use them
• Are pragmatic and you reach for the simplest thing that solves the problem
• Communicate well and enjoy working directly with customers and teammates outside engineering
• Use AI tools extremely effectively

Bonus if you've worked with:

• Rust (most of our stack is written in it — but a strong engineer can pick it up)
• Embedded Linux, hardware, or anything physical, like software for robots or cars
• Testing and reliability at scale
• Video pipelines, networking, or distributed systems
• Fleet management

We care much more about what you've built than credentials. We're a small, fast-moving team working together in person in San Francisco. If this sounds exciting to you, we want to hear from you.