Software Engineer – Robotics

Motion Recruitment; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; 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 is seeking a Senior Robotics Full Stack Software Engineer to join an innovative robotics startup focused on transforming the automotive service industry. You'll work across the stack with Go, Python, TypeScript, React, APIs, and real-time telemetry to connect robots, operators, and cloud systems.

In this hands-on leadership role, you will mentor engineers, influence architecture, and help ship reliable software deployed in the field.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong full stack development across front-end and back-end systems.
• Experience in robotics company or robotics-focused environment.
• Proficiency with Go, Python, TypeScript, or similar languages.
• Production front-end apps using React or similar framework.
• APIs design, software architecture, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with robotics analytics, telemetry, and real-time dashboards.
• Messaging/streaming systems (queues, pub/sub, WebSockets).
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software across the robotics tech stack.
• Build front-end apps for fleet monitoring, mission planning, and teleoperation.
• Develop back-end services, APIs, and tooling connecting robots, operators, and cloud.
• Implement behavior trees/logic for robot autonomy and test-driven development.
• Develop data pipelines and tooling for debugging robot behaviors.
• Establish CI/CD, monitoring, and observability standards.
• Mentor engineers and influence engineering practices.

Skills

Full stack development

Go

Python

TypeScript

React

APIs & architecture

Robotics experience

CI/CD

Telemetry & observability

ROS knowledge

Tools

ROS / ROS2

MQTT / telemetry

OpenTelemetry

Job description

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.