Senior Software Engineer, Robotics PlatformNew

nimble-robotics

nimble-robotics

Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 180k-250k / year + Equity
Posted on Mar 3, 2026

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Robotics organization, focused on building the backend and robotics platform software that powers our robot-enabled products. You will design and ship reliable services, APIs, and operational tooling. This role is primarily software and systems engineering working closely with robotics team.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with robotics, ML, and product teams to define requirements and turn them into well-architected software systems.
  • Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs that support production workflows and customer-facing features.
  • Own integrations between our multi-agent systems, cloud infrastructures, internal tooling, and robot-facing interfaces.
  • Build orchestration and state management services that coordinate long-running operational processes.
  • Improve reliability and scalability through robust testing, observability, incident response, and performance tuning.
  • Drive software engineering best practices across the team by producing high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code and raising the bar in reviews.
  • Mentor other engineers and contribute to improving team processes and technical standards.
  • Participate in and often lead design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning sessions.
  • Join an on-call rotation and help diagnose and resolve production issues.

Qualifications

  • Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong self learning and improvement mindset.
  • Strong proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Rust, Python, C++.
  • Strong fundamentals in backend services, distributed systems, data modeling, and API design.
  • Demonstrated experience designing scalable systems and leading complex technical projects.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.

Nice to have

  • Experience observability stack like OpenTelemetry.
  • Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and production.
  • Experience building internal developer platforms, tooling, or workflow systems.
  • Exposure to automation environments such as warehousing, manufacturing, or logistics.

What else to know

$180,000 - $250,000 a year
The above range is a starting salary range for candidates meeting the minimum qualifications. This position will also receive generous equity!