Full Stack Software Engineer – AI Robotics VR

About the role

Join a fast-growing AI robotics startup as a Full Stack Software Engineer to help build the next generation of robot control through virtual reality. This role is ideal for an early-career engineer who loves building challenging technical systems and wants significant ownership from day one.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve VR-based robot teleoperation interfaces
• Develop real-time 3D perception and point cloud visualization
• Map user movements in VR to physical robot movement
• Build high-performance frontend applications using React
• Develop backend, cloud, and robotics tooling using Python
• Optimize real-time and GPU-accelerated interfaces
• Debug systems across software, hardware, networking, and robotics
• Work directly with robots on a regular basis
• Own projects from concept through production deployment
• Propose and lead technical improvements early in your tenure

Requirements

• 0–3 years of software engineering experience
• Strong React skills
• Strong Python skills
• Experience with technically rigorous real-time or interactive systems
• Familiarity with 3D graphics, rendering, visualization, or robotics
• Exposure to technologies such as WebGL, Three.js, point clouds, GPU-accelerated graphics, VR/XR, game development, or robotics/simulation
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Robotics, or a closely related technical field

Qualifications

Strong plus experience or projects involving:

• Robotics or robot teleoperation
• VR/XR
• Computer graphics
• Game development
• Simulation
• Controls
• Computer vision
• Real-time rendering
• Undergraduate or graduate research
• Strong side projects or open-source work
• Startup or small-team engineering

Exceptional new graduates with strong internships, research, or technical projects are encouraged to apply.

Location

This role is fully on-site in Watertown, Massachusetts, 5 days per week. Candidates must currently be local or willing to relocate to the Boston/Watertown area. No relocation bonus is provided, although a signing bonus may be considered.

Pay

$90K–$190K base + equity