Your New Role and Team

Sanctuary AI, a world leader in building dexterity-driven Physical AI for general purpose robots, is looking to hire a skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our Embodied Intelligence Platform team. Reporting to the team lead, you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of the design, architecture, and implementation of the data collection and machine learning systems that power our robots.

The best candidates for this role have proven experience in designing, building, and maintaining scalable full-stack systems. You'll be a valued contributor as you develop and operate the intuitive, high-performing data collection software and machine learning pipelines used to train our robotic systems.

Success Criteria

• Bring hands-on experience in designing, deploying, documenting, and maintaining full-stack web applications

• Gain cutting-edge career experience as you participate in deploying new software releases and collecting robotic systems data

• Achieve company-wide visibility as you partner with our machine learning researchers and hardware engineers to build world-class software solutions

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent practical experience

• 6+ years of experience as a Software/Backend Engineer

• 3+ years of experience as a Frontend Engineer

• Knowledge of professional engineering practices for the full product life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source management, agile processes, testing, and operationsDemonstrated ability to design, implement, and test in a fast-paced environment

Required Skills

• Proficiency in a backend programming language; Python experience is preferred

• Experience with TypeScript

• Experience with React

• Familiarity with PostgreSQL and Redis

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Django and Django REST Framework

• Experience with Next.js

• Experience deploying applications on Kubernetes, preferably in cloud environments

• Experience with S3-compatible object storage

• Familiarity with WebSockets

• Experience with ML experiment tracking platforms

• Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana

• Interest in or exposure to ROS 2 or robotics data formats

Traits

• Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to mission objectives

• Successful candidates will be a proponent of personal responsibility for themselves and their teammates

• Empathic listener who is solution-oriented in both work and working relationship 

• Consistent bias for action, effective communication, and building positive interpersonal relationships

• Self-motivated and able to solve problems independentlyMission-driven and passionate about bringing physical artificial intelligence to general purpose robots