Data Engineer II/III
Data Science
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 140k-200k / year + Equity
Posted on Jun 24, 2026
<div class="section page-centered" data-qa="job-description"> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>About Nimble</strong></span></div> <div> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nimble.ai/">Nimble</a> is an AI robotics company building the autonomous supply chain to power fast, efficient and economical commerce. We’re training robot AGI to power a proprietary generalist supply chain superhumanoid, the first robot in the world capable of performing thousands of tasks across the supply chain. We’ve raised over $220M at over $1B valuation and formed a strategic alliance with FedEx to build a national network of autonomous warehouses capable of generating many billions in annual revenue. We are a hardcore and obsessed team of the world’s best engineers and operators. If you are obsessed with your craft, enjoy a high-intensity and fast moving high impact environment, are super high agency in getting hard things done and want to be part of building the world’s most legendary robotics company at the most pivotal moment in history, we want to work with you.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We are on a mission to empower and inspire mankind to accomplish legendary feats by inventing robots that liberate us from the menial. We will accomplish this by training robot AGI to invent and build the Autonomous Supply Chain – everything from the inside of factories and warehouses to your front door – powered by generalist superhumanoids.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Our founding team comes from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon and our board of directors include famed robotics and AI legends including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fei-Fei_Li">Fei-Fei Li</a> (Chief Scientist of AI at Google and Director of Stanford’s AI Lab), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Raibert">Marc Raibert</a> (founder of Boston Dynamics), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Thrun">Sebastian Thrun</a> (founder of GoogleX, Waymo; Stanford Professor and considered the father of autonomous vehicles).</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Let’s be legendary.</span></p> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Link: <u><a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241023998446/en/Nimble-Closes-106-Million-Series-C-Funding-Round-Scales-Fully-Autonomous-Fulfillment-with-FedEx?trk=feed-detail_main-feed-card_feed-article-content">Nimble Closes $106 Million Series C Funding Round, Scales Fully Autonomous Fulfillment with FedEx</a> </u></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Link: <u><a href="https://newsroom.fedex.com/newsroom/global-english/fedex-announces-expansion-of-fedex-fulfillment-with-nimble-alliance">FedEx Announces Expansion of FedEx Fulfillment With Nimble Alliance</a></u></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Why Join Nimble?</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Nimble's Core Values</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Be relentlessly resourceful</strong> - <em>Challenge conventions and overcome obstacles.</em></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Be legendary</strong> - <em>Be the very best and do work that inspires.</em></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Be humble</strong> - <em>Prioritize growth, learning, and doing whatever is needed to further the mission.</em></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Be dependable</strong> - <em>Take ownership and deliver with high agency.</em></span></div> <div> </div> </div> <div class="section page-centered" data-qa="salary-range"> <div> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">About the Role</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Help us advance our robotics moonshot by scaling our data engineering efforts. Drive design and development of data infrastructure across our products and internal tools. You will play a critical role in working with our world-class cross-functional team to architect and build the world’s most advanced robotic systems for the world’s biggest robotics opportunity!</span></p> <h3><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines that support both batch and real-time analytics.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop and optimize ETL/ELT processes to ingest, transform, and integrate data from multiple sources into data warehouses and lakehouse platforms.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Drive and apply best practices in data modeling, pipeline architecture, query optimization, data quality and data engineering standards.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate closely with finance, bizops, and engineering teams to understand data needs and deliver solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Provide data engineering support to ensure data accessibility and usability company-wide.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Implement and maintain data governance frameworks to support compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Evaluate and adopt modern data engineering technologies, tools, and best practices to improve scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Document data engineering processes, designs, and architectures</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Qualifications</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Fast learner with a strong work ethic, high performance standards, and ambition.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1-5 years of professional experience</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Proficiency in writing production-grade code in Python and SQL.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Hands-on experience with one of the following languages: Rust, Go, Java, C#, C++.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Strong debugging skills and the ability to diagnose and resolve issues efficiently.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience with Kafka, Spark and common lakehouse formats like Icebert, DeltaLake etc.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience working with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Preferred Experience</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience with Clickhouse, Apache Flink, Databricks</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience on financial reporting and understanding of accountability </span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Additional Requirements</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Willing to work extended hours and weekends if needed</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This position is based full time in our San Francisco headquarters</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Compensation</span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $140,000 - $200,000/year. Your exact offer may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to cash compensation, this position will also receive generous equity for this position.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="section page-centered" data-qa="closing-description"> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Culture</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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!</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Nimble's Benefits</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Unlimited Flexible Time Off</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy the time you need to travel, rejuvenate, and connect with friends and family.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Health Insurance</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nimble provides medical, dental, and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Paid Parental Leave</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy paid bonding time following a birth.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Commuter Benefits</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Take the stress out of commuting with access to fully paid parking spots. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Referral Bonus</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Get a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>401k</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Contribute towards a 401k for retirement planning.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Equity</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Be an owner in Nimble through our equity program</span></div> </div> <p> </p>
