Software Engineer, Nimble Brain

Nimble; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Flexible Time Off

Health Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Commuter Benefits

Referral Bonus

401k

Equity

Job summary

Nimble is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Nimble Brain team, focusing on backend and robotics infra powering our robot-enabled products. You will design and ship reliable services, APIs, and tooling, working closely with AI and product teams.

Responsibilities include building scalable backend services, coordinating long-running workflows, and driving engineering best practices across the team. On-call rotation and mentorship are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong self-learning and improvement mindset.
• Proficiency in Rust, Python, or C++.
• Strong fundamentals in backend services, distributed systems, data modeling, and API design.
• Experience designing scalable systems and leading complex technical projects.

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 multi-agent systems, cloud infrastructures, internal tooling, and robot-facing interfaces.
• Build orchestration and state management services coordinating long-running processes.
• Improve reliability and scalability through testing, observability, incident response, and performance tuning.
• Lead design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning sessions.
• Mentor engineers and improve team processes and standards.
• Join on-call rotations to diagnose production issues.

Skills

Rust

Python

C++

Backend services

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

About Nimble

Nimble is an AI robotics company building the autonomous supply chain to power fast, efficient and economical commerce. We’re training robot AGI to power a proprietary generalist supply chain superhumanoid, the first robot in the world capable of performing thousands of tasks across the supply chain. We’ve raised over $220M at over $1B valuation and formed a strategic alliance with FedEx to build a national network of autonomous warehouses capable of generating many billions in annual revenue. We are a hardcore and obsessed team of the world’s best engineers and operators. If you are obsessed with your craft, enjoy a high-intensity and fast moving high impact environment, are super high agency in getting hard things done and want to be part of building the world’s most legendary robotics company at the most pivotal moment in history, we want to work with you.

Why Join Nimble?

At Nimble, we are committed to building legendary products, a legendary team, and a legendary legacy. Join us and become part of an ambitious, humble, and resourceful culture where your work will leave a lasting impact on the future of robotics and commerce.

Nimble’s Core Values

Be relentlessly resourceful – Challenge conventions and overcome obstacles.

Be legendary – Be the very best and do work that inspires.

Be humble – Prioritize growth, learning, and doing whatever is needed to further the mission.

Be dependable – Take ownership and deliver with high agency.

About The Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Nimble Brain team, focused on building the backend and robotics infra 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 AI 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

• Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 1+ 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 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.

Compensation

The pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $150,000 - $210,000/year. Your exact offer may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to cash compensation, this position will also receive generous equity for this position.

Culture

We embrace challenges and strive to make the impossible possible each day. We’re not in this to do what’s easy or to be mediocre. We want to create something legendary and leave our mark on the world. We’re ambitious, we’re gritty, we’re humble and we’re relentlessly resourceful in pursuit of our goals. If this sounds like you then you might be a great fit!

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.

Nimble’s Benefits

Unlimited Flexible Time Off Enjoy the time you need to travel, rejuvenate, and connect with friends and family.

Health Insurance Nimble provides medical, dental, and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family.

Paid Parental Leave Enjoy paid bonding time following a birth.

Commuter Benefits Take the stress out of commuting with access to fully-paid parking spots.

Referral Bonus Get a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring.

401k Contribute towards a 401k for retirement planning.

Equity Be an owner in Nimble through our equity program