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Senior Software Engineer, Robotics Platform

Company:
Nimble
Location:
San Francisco, CA, 94118
Posted:
March 13, 2026
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Description:

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!

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