Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Apptronik
Humanoid robot developer
Open for applications
Humanoid robot developer
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To leverage robotics to improve universal quality of life.
Role
Who you are
- Strong communication skills, customer empathy and flexibility to adapt
- Hands-on Linux systems engineering and networking experience
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Helm, Ansible)
- Development experience in Kubernetes / Python / Typescript / C++
- Experience creating intuitive and high-utility dashboards and vizualizations (Grafana)
- Integrating real-time monitoring and alerting (eg PagerDuty)
- Takes initiative and seeks ownership of the end-to-end infrastructure solution
- Willingness to travel as needed for client support
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- Minimum of 5 years of professional, full-time experience building and maintaining reliable, scalable systems
- PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
- Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
- Hearing and speech to communicate
What the job involves
- You will join a team developing state-of-the-art general-purpose robots designed to operate in human spaces and with human tools. It is designed to work alongside humans, mobilize to human spaces, and manipulate the world around it
- We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to own and maintain the deployment of our cloud-based infrastructure to customer sites
- In this role, you will work closely with our Applications Engineers, IT, and software teams to ensure the smooth deployment of our solution which collects training data and deploys models to real-time robotic systems
- Providing a reliable framework will accelerate progress integrating Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics Model to humanoid robot hardware
- Partnering with customers and Applications Engineers to remove roadblocks to deployment success
- Writing and fixing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm, Ansible)
- Developing and maintaining code in Python / Typescript
- Troubleshooting networking, performance, and security challenges
- Collaborating with engineering and product teams to shape improvements
- Responding to outages, participating in on-call rotations and traveling occasionally to customer sites to support deployment and integration
Our take
Apptronik specializes in the development of advanced robotic systems designed to enhance and automate various industrial processes. With the company's flagship product, The Apollo humanoid robot engineered to perform low-skill, physically demanding tasks that are repetitive and crucial for manufacturing efficiency.
The company's expertise extends beyond robotics into the broader realm of artificial intelligence and automation, contributing to its rapid growth and increasing prominence in the tech industry. Apptronik's products are designed to integrate seamlessly into existing workflows, offering solutions that address labor shortages and improve operational efficiency.
The company's recent partnership with Mercedes-Benz marks a significant milestone for both companies., This agreement to pilot Apollo robots in Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities represents Apptronik's first publicly announced commercial deployment. This is an exciting opportunity for the company, and as the industry continues to evolve, Apptronik is poised to leverage its technology to meet increasing demands in the robotics and automations sectors.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
35% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2025
$403m
SERIES A
Jun 2022
$14.6m
SEED
Total funding: $417.9m
Company HQ
North Burnet, Austin, TX
Leadership
Jeff Cardenas
(CEO)Received a Master of Science in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas. Founded multiple startups and non-profits. Previously worked at IC2 Institute at UT Austin and in Technology at Deloitte Consulting.
Dr. Nick Paine
(CTO)B.S., M.S. and Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas in Austin. Previously a member of the NASA-JSC DARPA Robotics Challenge team which developed high-performance hardware and software for robotic control.
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