Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Backend)

Viam helps companies unlock the power of AI, data and automation in the physical world. We provide a single platform for engineers of all disciplines to solve problems together and build solutions that are fast and future-proof. Viam powers solutions across robotics, food and beverage, climate tech, marine, industrial manufacturing, and more. Founded in 2020 by former MongoDB co-founder and CTO Eliot Horowitz, Viam is headquartered in New York City.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure team. In this role, you will build the internal platform, tools, and "golden paths" that allow Viam engineers and customers to leverage the Viam platform to ship complex robotics software with confidence and velocity.

The tooling you develop will be widely used to build across many industries. Customers leveraging the Viam platform will rely on the infrastructure you build to deploy their own hardware drivers and ML models. If you thrive on solving gnarly technical problems, from "flaky" edge networks to complex build systems, we want to hear from you.

We are a NYC-based team (3 days a week in office).

In this role, you will:

• Work directly with feature teams to understand their pain points and deliver robust cross-platform solutions that unblock their roadmap.

• Manage our cloud footprint (GCP/AWS) using Terraform. You will write reusable modules that empower other teams to provision their own resources safely.

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Cloud Build) that are fast, reliable, and capable of handling multi-architecture builds (Linux, ARM, macOS, Windows).

• Partner with teams to prototype and integrate AI/ML capabilities (like LLM-driven code generation or smart CI checks) into our developer tooling to eliminate repetitive work.

• Drive better incident response practices by implementing structured logging, tracing, and alerting that help us catch issues before customers do.

We’re looking for someone who:

• We primarily use Go, but openness to learning and strong software engineering fundamentals matter more than current language expertise.

• You have strong debugging skills across networking, filesystems, permissions, and real-world edge constraints.

• You have Linux systems experience (especially ARM/aarch64) but are also comfortable working across Windows and macOS environments.

• You have strong experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS) and building complex CI/CD pipelines

• You are comfortable managing resources via code (Terraform) and automating manual tasks.

Bonus points if you have:

• Worked in IoT or other hardware/software environments

• Experience with WebRTC, gRPC, or real-time communication systems

• Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry

• Background on a Developer Productivity, Platform Engineering, or Internal Tools team

The starting salary for this role is $191,000/year.

Full-time Benefits:
Viam’s base salary range for this role is posted above. Your exact offer will vary based on factors, including experience level, skillset, market location, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced, or more senior, than this job description as posted. In these situations, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate. In addition to cash compensation, Viam offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants, health benefits, and more.

• 100% covered medical/dental/vision insurance plans, commuter benefits

• 25 days paid vacation and generous holiday observances

• Free lunch every day that you’re in the office

• One Medical Membership

• Citi Bike memberships

• Monthly wellness stipend to be used for a variety of fitness-related items like gym memberships, fitness classes, fitness equipment, and more

• Paid parental leave

• Reproductive Health Benefits, including Fertility Benefits and Abortion Access Travel Benefits

Values:

• Vision Driven

• Collaborate Openly

• Act Decisively

• Succeed Through Diversity

• Hold Ourselves Accountable

• Lead with Curiosity

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