Staff Software Engineer, Platform

Primary Function of Position

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build backend services and APIs that support our robotic platforms and associated application workflows. The successful candidate will design and build services and APIs that are scalable, testable, maintainable, and easy to integrate with internal and external systems. This role will also provide technical leadership across service design, architecture, and engineering practices.

Essential Job Duties

• Design, build, test, and operate backend services and APIs that support our robotic platforms and associated application workflows.
• Arcitect and develop service capabilities such as remote configuration management, software updates, service workflows, and telemetry data ingestion.
• Implement comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end testing within CI pipelines.
• Drive CI/CD, observability, and operational practices that support small, frequent, and high-confidence releases.
• Ensure services and APIs include first-class documentation, health endpoints, and uptime monitoring.
• Partner with embedded, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver solutions that are useful and broadly adoptable.
• Collaborate with security and quality teams to ensure solutions meet compliance and operational requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, helping guide architecture, implementation, and engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• Strong experience building backend services and APIs in one or more languages such as Java, Go, Python, or similar.
• Strong experience designing REST or GRPC APIs with clear contracts, documentation, versioning, and backward compatibility.
• Strong experience with relational databases such as Postgres, service-side data modeling, and transactional system design.
• Strong experience with automated testing, Gitlab CI/CD, and AWS-based deployment practices for backend services.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concerns such as reliability, failure handling, observability, and operational support.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset.

Required Education and Training

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in computer science or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience in software engineering, including backend services or API development.