Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform at Agility Robotics

United States

$191k - $299k

<div class="content-intro"><p>Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.</p></div><h2><span style="font-size: 10pt;">About The Role</span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Join the cutting-edge team building the data platform that powers fleet-scale humanoid robotics. As a Staff Software Engineer on our Data Platform team, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining the infrastructure that enables efficient ingestion, processing, discovery, serving, and analysis of massive datasets generated by our robots. Your work will directly contribute to improving robot performance, operational insights, and scaling our cloud-based systems.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Key Responsibilities</span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Data Ingestion: Design and implement scalable data pipelines for ingesting and processing telemetry, logs and sensor data from our fleet of robots and associated cloud software</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Data Agents: Develop and maintain data ingestion agents running directly on robot software to ingest high volume data in low connectivity environments.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Data Formats: Maintain and develop data formats and protocols optimized for transmission, storage and query of data recordings, sensor data and telemetry.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Observability systems: Develop and maintain observability systems using tools like fluentbit, OpenTelemetry etc enabling real-time monitoring and analytics of fleet operations.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Big Data Processing: Implement solutions to prepare high volume, high velocity data for analysis using technologies such as Spark, Kafka or equivalent</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cloud Platform: Build and optimize tools for internal stakeholders for business intelligence and long-horizon fleet analytics and forecasting using existing tools like AWS S3, Athena, Sagemaker etc.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">IoT integration: Leverage IoT experience to improve data collection and processing pipelines from robot sensors and edge devices.</span></li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Required Qualifications</span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5+ years of strong experience in building and scaling cloud-based data platforms with familiarity in cloud providers like AWS, GCP or Azure.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Proficient in big data frameworks like Spark, Kafka, Beam, Flink etc</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Familiarity with OSS data formats like Parquet, Arrow, Iceberg and protocols like Avro and Protobuf.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with observability tools(e.g. OpenTelemetry, Prometheus etc) and implementing metrics, tracing and logging systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Proficiency in languages like Java, Scala (any JVM), or Python and a solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices architectures.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bonus Qualifications</span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, or other sensor heavy workloads will be strongly preferred.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Knowledge of IoT systems, edge computing or working with embedded devices is nice-to-have.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Data catalog experience (Datahub, Amundsen, Databricks Unity Catalog)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with Databricks&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with Kubernetes</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with Bazel/Blaze or other build systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with C++, Rust</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with robot data formats like mcap, ROS etc and data playback and visualization tooling like Rerun etc.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p><br><br></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is a fully remote role with the option to work hybrid if a commutable distance from our Salem, OR, Pittsburgh, PA, or Fremont, CA offices.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This range may change based on geographical location and may be modified in the future.</em></span></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Anticipated Base Salary Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$191,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$299,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong><em>In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:</em></strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>401(k) Plan:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Includes a 6% company match.</li> <li><strong>Equity:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Company stock options.</li> <li><strong>Insurance Coverage:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.</li> <li><strong>Benefit Start Date:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.</li> <li><strong>Well-Being Support:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Employee Assistance Program (EAP).</li> <li><strong>Time Off:</strong> <ul> <li><strong>Exempt Employees:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.</li> <li><strong>Non-Exempt Employees:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>On-Site Perks:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.</li> <li><strong>Parental Leave:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Generous paid parental leave programs.</li> <li><strong>Work Environment:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.</li> <li><strong>Growth Opportunities:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.</li> <li><strong>Relocation Assistance:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Provided for eligible roles.</li> <li><strong>Annual Discretionary Bonus:</strong> Provided for eligible roles.</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies.&nbsp; We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page.&nbsp; If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered.&nbsp; To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div>