Staff Software Engineer, Motion Planning (Backend)

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Solving new and unique problems in robotics and deploying applications for real world impact
• Helping turn lab-prototype solutions into factory-ready products that deliver tangible value for customers
• Building and testing on physical robots
• Collaborating closely with teams across motion planning, motion execution, and perception

Requirements

• Cares deeply about writing performant, scalable, and maintainable code
• Engineered concurrent and parallel systems to handle high volume data
• Developed backend systems in Go or C++
• Has an affinity for complex, sophisticated problems, and loves solving them with practical solutions
• Is experienced taking projects from problem formulation through implementation and deployment
• Can adapt coding style from prototype to production-grade
• Wants to work with physical hardware

Nice to Have

• Experience productionizing code in the context of hardware development
• Written motion algorithms for the physical world and understands the constraints of real-world execution

Benefits & Perks

• Starting salary of $235,000/year, with variation based on experience, skillset, location, and internal equity
• Comprehensive Total Rewards package including equity grants, health benefits, and more
• 100% covered medical/dental/vision insurance plans, commuter benefits
• Reproductive Health Benefits, including Fertility Benefits and Abortion Access Travel Benefits
• 25 days paid vacation and generous holiday observances
• One Medical Membership
• Citi Bike memberships
• Monthly wellness stipend for fitness-related items
• Free lunch every day in the office
• Paid parental leave