Software Engineer - Robotics

Kelly Services; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

PTO

401(k)

Professional Development Opportunities

Collaborative Engineering Environment

Career Growth Opportunities

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners is seeking a Senior Robotics Full Stack Software Engineer for an innovative robotics startup in the automotive service space. You will work across frontend and backend, integrating Go, Python, TypeScript, React, APIs, and real-time data pipelines with robotics middleware.

This senior role blends hands-on coding with architectural leadership and mentoring across software and hardware teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong full stack development across front-end and back-end.
• Experience in robotics-focused environment.
• Proficiency with Go, Python, TypeScript, or similar languages.
• Experience with React-based front-ends.
• APIs and software architecture design experience.
• Experience with real-time telemetry and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software across the robotics technology stack.
• Build front-end fleet monitoring and mission-planning dashboards.
• Develop back-end services, APIs, and tooling that connect robot systems, operators, and cloud infrastructure.
• Implement and maintain behavior trees and decision-making logic for robot autonomy.
• Develop tools to author, visualize, test, and debug robot behaviors.
• Build data pipelines linking sensors, software processes, and robotics systems.
• Collaborate with robotics, hardware, and data science teams.
• Mentor engineers and help establish engineering best practices across the team.

Skills

Full stack development

Go

Python

TypeScript

React

APIs & architecture

CI/CD pipelines

Real-time telemetry

ROS/ROS2 (desirable)

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

$130000 - $160000

We are seeking a Senior Robotics Full Stack Software Engineer to join an innovative robotics startup focused on transforming the automotive service industry. This is a full-time opportunity for an experienced software engineer with strong front-end and back-end development skills and hands-on experience building software for robotics systems. You’ll work with Go, Python, TypeScript, React, APIs, real-time data pipelines, telemetry, and robotics middleware to develop the software that connects autonomous robots, operators, and cloud-based systems.

This is an opportunity to take a senior technical leadership role at a growing startup where your code will directly impact how robots operate in real-world environments. You’ll help build everything from operator-facing applications and fleet monitoring dashboards to the behavior systems that guide robot decision-making. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, working across the full stack, and helping a team establish strong engineering practices. You’ll remain hands-on with development while influencing architecture, mentoring other engineers, and helping turn cutting-edge robotics technology into a reliable product deployed in the field.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong full stack development experience across front-end and back-end systems
• Experience developing and deploying software within a robotics company or robotics-focused environment
• Proficiency with Go, Python, TypeScript, or similar programming languages
• Experience building production front-end applications using React or a similar framework
• Experience designing and implementing APIs and software architecture
• Experience with robotics analytics, fleet monitoring, operational metrics, or real-time dashboards
• Experience with messaging and streaming systems, including queues, pub/sub, or WebSockets
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, clean code, SOLID design, and test-driven development
• Experience working with real-time telemetry, monitoring, and observability systems
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across software, hardware, and robotics teams

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience with ROS or ROS2
• Familiarity with robot autonomy frameworks, behavior trees, or state machines
• Experience with BehaviorTree.CPP, py_trees, or similar tools
• Experience with MQTT, OpenTelemetry, or real-time telemetry systems
• Experience visualizing robotics data, telemetry, maps, or spatial information
• Familiarity with robot log analysis, data replay, ROS bags, or structured event logs
• Experience building teleoperation interfaces or remote robot supervision tools
• Experience with low-latency video streaming
• Experience with simulation environments such as MuJoCo or Isaac Sim
• Experience with software-in-the-loop testing
• Experience with edge computing, on-robot services, over-the-air deployments, or fleet orchestration
• Experience mentoring engineers or providing technical leadership
• Contributions to open-source projects

What You Will Be Doing

• Design, develop, and maintain software across the robotics technology stack
• Build and improve front-end applications for fleet monitoring, mission planning, teleoperation, and operational dashboards
• Develop back-end services, APIs, and tooling that connect robot systems, operators, and cloud infrastructure
• Implement and maintain behavior trees and decision-making logic that support robot autonomy
• Develop tools to author, visualize, test, and debug robot behaviors
• Build reliable data pipelines connecting sensors, software processes, and robotics systems
• Identify and resolve concurrency issues, race conditions, deadlocks, and system integration problems
• Develop operational metrics to track robot uptime, mission success, throughput, intervention rates, and fleet health
• Establish engineering standards for testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability
• Improve system reliability, debuggability, and performance across deployed robotics platforms
• Collaborate with robotics, hardware, perception, controls, data science, and field operations teams
• Mentor engineers and help establish best practices across the engineering organization
• Evaluate technical risks and architectural trade-offs and communicate recommendations to leadership
• Support software deployment, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of robots operating in real-world environments

Tech Breakdown

• 25% Back-End Development / Go / Python / APIs
• 20% Front-End Development / TypeScript / React
• 20% Robotics Software / Behavior Trees / Autonomy
• 15% Data Pipelines / Messaging / Real-Time Telemetry
• 10% Fleet Monitoring / Analytics / Observability
• 10% Architecture / Testing / CI/CD

Daily Responsibilities

• 60% Hands-On Software Development
• 15% Robotics Integration & Troubleshooting
• 10% System Architecture & Technical Design
• 10% Team Collaboration & Mentorship
• 5% Testing, Documentation & Engineering Standards

The Offer

• Competitive compensation
• Opportunity to join an innovative robotics startup in the automotive technology space
• Significant technical ownership across the robotics software stack
• Hands-on development of products deployed in real-world environments
• Opportunity to influence software architecture and engineering standards
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary robotics, hardware, and software teams
• Opportunity to mentor engineers and grow into broader technical leadership
• Fast-paced environment with opportunities for professional growth

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k)
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Collaborative Engineering Environment
• Career Growth Opportunities

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.