Tech Lead Manager SWE, SDK

Intrinsic is an AI robotics group at Google aiming to reimagine the potential of industrial robotics. Our team believes that advances in AI, perception and simulation will redefine what’s possible for industrial robotics in the near future – with software and data at the core.

Our mission is to make industrial robotics intelligent, accessible, and usable for millions more businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers. We are a dynamic team of engineers, roboticists, designers, and technologists who are passionate about unlocking the creative and economic potential of industrial robotics.

Role

As a Technical Lead Manager on the Extensibility Squad, your mission is to empower software developers to access the Intrinsic platform APIs and to use Intrinsic tools to extend Flowstate. You will lead an engineering team responsible for making our platform software more readily available for external users, and have a large stake in efforts to work closer to ROS and other open-source ecosystems. We expect this role to be a mix of technical leadership, individual contribution, and people management. You will set technical direction, mentor your team, and work hands-on with an SDK that involves a lot of C++, Python, and Protobuf, alongside a growing TypeScript codebase.

How your work moves the mission forward

• Empower software developers to access the Intrinsic platform APIs and to use Intrinsic tools to extend Flowstate.

• Lead the team in making our platform software more readily available and accessible for external users.

• Drive technical efforts to work closer to ROS and integrate deeply with other open-source ecosystems.

• Mentor engineers to foster technical growth while acting as a hands-on individual contributor.

Skills you will need to be successful

• Experience leading a team of software engineers.

• Advanced proficiency programming in at least one of C++, Python, or Go.

• Proficiency programming in at least two programming languages.

• Extensive experience with Protobuf.

• Experience contributing to or managing projects within open-source ecosystems.

Skills that will differentiate your candidacy

• Experience developing and maintaining a TypeScript codebase.

• Familiarity with ROS or other robotics software.

• Experience extending and maintaining Bazel infrastructure.

In addition to the salary range below, this full-time position is eligible for bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter will share more about the specific salary range + bonus + equity for your targeted location and role during the hiring process.

Salary Range
$276,000—$293,250 USD

At Intrinsic, we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment at Intrinsic is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Intrinsic does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. It is Intrinsic’s policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.

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