Lead Backend Software Engineer, Viam
$205-235k
+ Equity grants
3+ days a week in office
Full-stack software platform for robotics & AI
Open for applications
Full-stack software platform for robotics & AI
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$205-235k
+ Equity grants
3+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make building, deploying and managing robots more flexible, affordable and easy to use so that builders can do more with robots while getting them to market faster.
Role
Who you are
- A systems-oriented technical leader who has owned direction and delivery
- Comfortable making decisions under ambiguity and incomplete information
- A clear, proactive communicator who can represent technical work to other engineers and stakeholders
- Experienced with low-level, performance-sensitive, or hardware-adjacent systems
- Someone who takes ownership from problem framing through resolution
- Deep AV or sensing expertise is valuable but not required. Strong engineers with solid fundamentals and leadership capability can learn domain-specific details on the job
What the job involves
- We are hiring a Lead Engineer to set direction for camera, video, and audio streaming across the platform, working primarily in Golang, C, and C++ on ARM-based Linux devices and macOS. This is a hands-on technical leadership role
- You will write code, but your primary responsibility is owning technical direction, systems judgment, and how the team operates
- Deep AV or sensing expertise is valuable but not required. Strong engineers with solid fundamentals and leadership capability can learn domain-specific details on the job
- Set technical direction for camera, video, and audio streaming across the Viam platform
- Lead a specialized team working on camera integration, streaming pipelines, and hardware-adjacent systems
- Own technical decisions and tradeoffs from prioritization through execution
- Stay hands-on in the code while maintaining a systems-level view of product impact
- Debug and resolve complex production issues spanning hardware, drivers, OS subsystems, networking, and application-level code
- Collaborate closely with Motion, Vision, Robotics, and Solutions Engineering teams
- Balance proactive platform improvements with customer-driven work while maintaining reliability and code quality
- People management of the IC engineers on the team
- What Success Looks Like Within Your First Year:
- Core camera and streaming paths are reliable and well understood across macOS and Linux
- The team operates with shared context and direction
- Technical decisions are made deliberately and communicated clearly
- AV / Sensing work integrates smoothly with Motion, Vision, and the broader Viam platform
- Customer issues are driven to resolution with ownership and follow-through
Our take
Viam offers an open-source software platform designed for scalable development in industries like IoT, robotics, industrial automation, and smart homes. Its modular, interoperable platform enables developers to manage hardware solutions across various devices and fleets, streamlining workflows and supporting AI-driven innovation.
Initially focused on robotics, Viam recently rebranded to appeal to a wider range of industries, including food processing and marine automation. By broadening its message, Viam has successfully expanded its market appeal and aligned its platform with the needs of diverse industries.
Alongside this success is substantial funding, which will fuel expansion into enterprise partnerships and product development. With growing interest from industries like industrial automation and conservation, the company is well-positioned for future growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
42% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2025
$30m
SERIES C
Mar 2024
$45m
SERIES B
Total funding: $117m
Company benefits
- Learning & development education reimbursements
- Training & mentorship opportunities
- 100% of medical, dental, and vision benefits covered
- Flexible work from home and office balance
- 20 weeks gender neutral parental leave
- Personal prosperity and family planning benefits
- Employee resource groups
- Catered lunch in the office
- Commuting benefits
Company HQ
Lincoln Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Eliot Horowitz
(Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded ShopWiki and MongoDB where they served as CTO. They also have experience as a Software Engineer at DoubleClick.
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