Senior Software Engineer, Backend Generalist

About Standard Bots
Standard Bot’s mission is to significantly lower the barrier to entry to real-world automation, bringing the power of bits to the world of atoms and unlocking productivity for entire new industries and users. Our user-facing applications and APIs directly empower individuals and developers to jump directly into solving their challenges without the need for a background in robotics or automation. A relentless focus on simplicity and ease of use brings this revolutionary potential to new users and industries.

What you'll do:
We're looking for seasoned and skilled technical leaders to help architect robust backend systems that power our robotics platform. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will work on critical infrastructure that enables safe and reliable robot operations, from hardware integrations to state management and control systems. You’ll work on new R&D hardware as well as our production robot hardware.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement robust backend architectures for robot control and state management

• Build and maintain test infrastructure to ensure system safety and reliability

• Develop hardware integration systems for various robotics peripherals (cameras, grippers, sensors)

• Drive technical decisions around system architecture and engineering best practices

• Create reliable APIs and services that enable seamless robot operations

• Implement monitoring, logging, and debugging systems for robot operations

• Mentor other engineers on backend architecture and system design principles

Tech Stack:

• C++ (for performance-critical components) - C++ experience is required for this role

• TypeScript (for robot state management)

• Python

• ROS/ROS2

• Docker

• Kubernetes

• CI/CD (Github Actions)

Who you are
We do not require or favor any background in robotics

We’re looking for engineers who are self driven, optimistic, creative, and resourceful. We have no requirements for a background in robotics, but find most success with engineers excited by the domain and looking to apply their expertise and experience in a new area.

Our ideal candidate will be open to doing approximately 15% front-end work and 85% back-end work, with flexibility to sway more towards one or the other, depending on current projects and team needs. Our backend focuses on real-time robotics control, handling high-performance data streams and low-latency communication rather than traditional database-driven applications. This means working on complex, dynamic systems that interact with the physical world in real time.

Skills you’ll bring:

• Experience: You have a strong technical background, including 5-10 years of experience working in complex environments

• Growth + Optimism: You are excited by new domains and challenges, and eager to pick up new context to accelerate your impact

• Clarity of Communication: You excel in written and verbal communication and enjoy leveraging your skills to support your peers

• Impact Driven: You relentlessly seek user impact and value execution over technical idealism

• Proactive Simplicity: You prioritize simplicity, reliability, and velocity and proactively identify opportunities to improve proposed implementations or incumbent systems

• Excelling in Ambitious Environments: You excel in dynamic and ambitious environments, working with a diverse group of individuals and backgrounds

Compensation and Benefits:
The salary range for this role is $180,000 to $250,000, depending on experience. Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at Standard Bots. All Full-Time Employees are eligible for Employee Stock Options. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.