Staff Software Engineer, Multi-Agent Systems
nimble-robotics
Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 230k-270k / year + Equity
Posted on Dec 7, 2025
About Nimble
Nimble is a frontier robotics and AI company building the next era of autonomous logistics. We design, manufacture, and deploy intelligent robots that enable fast, efficient, and sustainable commerce at global scale. Our team is building generalized robot intelligence and developing the world’s first generalist super-humanoid robots capable of performing all core warehouse workflows with superhuman performance.
We recently closed a $106M Series C at a $1B valuation, and we are continuing to grow our world-class team. Our long-term vision is to create the Autonomous Supply Chain—reinventing how goods move through factories, warehouses, and last-mile distribution using next-generation intelligent robotic systems.
Nimble was founded out of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon’s top AI labs and is backed by the world’s most prestigious investors. Our board includes iconic leaders in AI and robotics such as Marc Raibert (Founder of Boston Dynamics), Fei-Fei Li (Former Chief Scientist of AI at Google, Director of Stanford’s AI lab), and Sebastian Thrun (Waymo, Founder of Google X, Kitty Hawk, and Udacity).
Join us and leave your mark on the future of robotics, AI, and global commerce.
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 constraints.
Be legendary - Pursue excellence and craft work that inspires.
Be humble - Prioritize growth, learning, and the mission over ego.
Be dependable - Take ownership and deliver with integrity.
Position Overview
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Multi-Agent Systems team, you will design the algorithms and software that coordinate large fleets of robots operating in high-throughput, real-world warehouse environments. Your work will directly influence robot efficiency, safety, and the overall capacity and scalability of our intelligent fulfillment systems.
You will architect high-performance distributed robotics software, develop multi-robot planning and coordination capabilities, and build simulation tools that allow us to test, optimize, and validate behaviors at scale. This role blends advanced algorithm design with real-world production engineering — solving complex systems problems with concrete impact on warehouse throughput and robot performance.
If you enjoy building elegant, reliable systems that orchestrate dozens or hundreds of robots simultaneously, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect Scalable Robotics Software
- Design and implement high-performance, maintainable, and fault-tolerant robotics software.
- Work independently across disciplines to diagnose issues, evaluate alternatives, and deliver robust technical solutions.
- Contribute to the architecture and evolution of Nimble’s fleet management and multi-agent orchestration stack.
- Develop Multi-Agent Robot Capabilities
- Build and improve algorithms for task planning, multi-agent path planning, and multi-robot coordination to maximize warehouse throughput.
- Create features that drive increased automation across workflows like picking, packing, sorting, induction, and routing.
- Design optimization algorithms that break down orders and workloads into robot tasks while minimizing congestion and idle time.
- Analytical System Approach
- Analyze real production performance data to understand emergent system behavior, uncover bottlenecks, and verify the impact of new features.
- Use quantitative insights to inform prioritization, algorithm design, and long-term system improvements.
- Technical Ownership
- Drive feature areas end-to-end: algorithm design, implementation, testing, deployment, and performance validation.
- Own software infrastructure, continuous integration, production debugging, and on-call support for components you build.
- Participate in technical design reviews, documentation, and cross-functional alignment with hardware, operations, and cloud engineering teams.
- Help manage sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and feature launch coordination.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Robotics, Mathematics, or related field.
- Strong software engineering background with 8+ years of experience building production systems.
- Proficiency with at least one systems programming language (Rust preferred; C++, Go also relevant).
- Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and performance optimization.
- Ability to design and implement complex systems with high reliability and clarity.
- Demonstrated ability to work across a large codebase and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with multi-robot task planning, routing, or simulation systems.
- Knowledge of warehouse automation, logistics software, or large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience working with Rust.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, backend services, or event-driven architectures.
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!
Press:
Link: Nimble Closes $106 Million Series C Funding Round, Scales Fully Autonomous Fulfillment with FedEx
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
Paid 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
230000 - 270000 USD a year
The above range is the salary range. This position will also receive generous equity!