Staff Software Engineer: Robotics & Rust Systems

Watney Robotics Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Watney Robotics Inc. in San Francisco seeks a senior full-stack engineer to own our software ecosystem end-to-end, regularly crossing from high-throughput backend infrastructure to enterprise customer platforms and interactive web frontends.

You will build a type-safe stack centered on Rust for the backend and champion production-grade backend systems. You’ll drive development for video-heavy annotation platforms, robust cloud infrastructure, and high-throughput telemetry pipelines, while

Qualifications

• Production Rust experience or strong C++/functional background enabling rapid Rust learning.
• Experience delivering large-scale distributed cloud platforms.
• Experience with video-heavy annotation platforms or media streaming pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end development for platforms spanning backend, frontend, and customer portals.
• Architect cloud infrastructure, load balancing, and telemetry pipelines for real-time data ingestion.
• Lead live operations with robust testing and OpenTelemetry tracking.

Skills

Rust backend

Full-stack development

Distributed cloud infra

Video/Media pipelines

C++/functional background

Job description

Watney Robotics Inc. in San Francisco seeks a senior full-stack engineer to own our software ecosystem end-to-end, regularly crossing from high-throughput backend infrastructure to enterprise customer platforms and interactive web frontends.

You will build a type-safe stack centered on Rust for the backend and champion production-grade backend systems. You’ll drive development for video-heavy annotation platforms, robust cloud infrastructure, and high-throughput telemetry pipelines, while