Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer, Agility Robotics
Robotic automation for the warehouse and logistics
Job no longer available
Robotic automation for the warehouse and logistics
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make businesses more productive and people's lives more fulfilling.
Role
Who you are
- BS or MS in computer science or related field or equivalent industry experience
- At least 10 years of experience in a software engineer or related role
- Expertise in developing on AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience starting with basic or minimal requirements and working with them towards end-to-end solutions
- Leads projects involving multiple teams
- Excited about building in greenfield environment
- Experience as a team or tech lead
- Experience building robust, highly available, high reliability systems
- Experience working in fast paced environments sometimes with changing priorities
- Strong knowledge of Java and Python (bonus points for C++)
- Strong knowledge of Databases and Database design (SQL and NoSQL)
- Wide breadth of knowledge in writing services and using frameworks, technologies and patterns such as Java/Spring Boot, REST, gRPC, dependency injection, unit testing, mocks etc
- Experience championing and leading the usage of best practices (e.g. writing design docs, unit tests) by writing prototypes, POCs and sample code and setting standards and examples for other engineers to follow
Desirable
- Experience in a startup or small company environment
- Experience with Hybrid deployments (On Prem + Cloud)
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience in greenfield application development
- Experience with MQTT, Temporal, Postman, LaunchDarkly
- Experience with Robotics, IoT, or similar distributed device environments
What the job involves
- Our software team is growing and we are looking for a talented technical lead to join our growing, agile, world-class team
- Agility Robotics is building its robot fleet management software and is looking for a tech lead for the software services (back end) team
- This team is developing a greenfield application for deploying and managing a fleet of humanoid robots for commercial applications
- We are building out our cloud based Application - Arc - in the areas of robot fleet management, remote robot software update, robot operations, robot data collection and metrics and other key areas
- Develop applications that run in the cloud and on prem
- Provide technical leadership for a team of backend software engineers
- Own the development of new applications and features
- Work cross-functionally with product, UXD, front end, robot hardware and software and customer solutions teams
- Build and maintain applications throughout the software lifecycle, including providing on-call support
- Gather and analyze product requirements, turning them into technical solutions
- Write design docs, POCs and code and collaborate with technical peers
- This is a technical leadership role in a small team in a startup environment and requires both leadership and hands-on software development work
Our take
Agility Robotics was founded with the aim of empowering the blended workforce, where humans and human-movement-enabled robots work side by side. Though there’s still plenty of wariness about what workplace robots might mean for the future of the workforce, the amount of R&D and Venture Capital funding into the space – coupled with an acute labour shortage – suggests that there’s no holding it back.
The company, founded by a team of Robotics and Bioengineering academics, has hit the headlines a number of times in the last few years for the mobility and dexterity of its robots which can walk around, move packages, and unload trailers (as well as climb stairs and run a 5K). This ability to run could have a huge impact, as it opens up the potential not just to work in warehouses and factories, but to complete last-mile deliveries – an ambition that Agility Robotics has made public.
It's advancing humanoid robotics with its robot, Digit, already working in logistics and delivery. With partnerships like Schaeffler AG and a new production facility, Agility is scaling up operations. Digit's tasks, including package handling, and future plans for self-replication, position the company to address labor shortages. As it enhanced Digit's AI and safety features, Agility is preparing for a future where robots and humans work together, shaping the digital workforce.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
87% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2025
$400m
LATE VC
Oct 2024
$150m
SERIES C
Total funding: $728m
Company benefits
- 100% Company Paid Disability, Life, Health, Dental & Vision Insurance (for AR employees)
- Employer Matched Retirement Plan
- Five Weeks of Paid Time Off Annually
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Relocation Assistance (for certain roles)
- Stock Options (for certain roles)
- A culture that encourages flexible work schedules
- A culture that embraces individuality and authenticity
Company HQ
Southeast Mill Creek, Salem, OR
Leadership
Peggy Johnson
(CEO)Joined Agility Robotics in 2024 as CEO. Prior to this, they were the CEO of Magic Leap. They also spent 6 years at Microsoft as an Executive Vice President of Business Development and 25 years at Qualcomm as an Executive Vice President of Global Market Development.
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