Staff Backend Engineer - Robotics APIs & Platforms

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build backend services and APIs that support robotic platforms and related workflows. The role emphasizes scalable, testable, maintainable systems and technical leadership across service design, architecture, and engineering practices.

You will collaborate with embedded, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver broadly adoptable solutions while ensuring security and quality standards are met.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and operate backend services and APIs that support our robotic platforms and associated application workflows.
• Architect and develop service capabilities such as remote configuration management, software updates, service workflows, and telemetry data ingestion.
• Implement comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end testing within CI pipelines.
• Drive CI/CD, observability, and operational practices that support small, frequent, and high-confidence releases.
• Ensure services and APIs include first-class documentation, health endpoints, and uptime monitoring.
• Partner with embedded, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver solutions that are useful and broadly adoptable.
• Collaborate with security and quality teams to ensure solutions meet compliance and operational requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, helping guide architecture, implementation, and engineering best practices.

Job description

Intuitive is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build backend services and APIs that support robotic platforms and related workflows. The role emphasizes scalable, testable, maintainable systems and technical leadership across service design, architecture, and engineering practices.

You will collaborate with embedded, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver broadly adoptable solutions while ensuring security and quality standards are met.