Backend Software Engineer

We are searching for a Backend Software Engineer to help us develop AI-based autonomous industrial robotic solutions and integrate them with our customers’ complex software management environments. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and deploy the critical infrastructure needed to support a range of industrial automation applications. In this role, you will partner with the Machine Learning, Robot Control Software, and DevOps teams to craft an efficient software platform and data pipeline that supports our core backend systems.

At OSARO we develop solutions to endow industrial robots with the level of autonomy needed to perform an unprecedented variety of complex pick and place tasks leveraging sophisticated robot control and neural network-based perception algorithms. You are passionate about what you build, you feel a strong sense of ownership, and you love dynamic challenges. You care deeply about your team, you’re direct and you believe in doing what you say.

What You'll be Doing

• You will contribute to a variety of projects from diagnosing network bottlenecks to helping design, build, and improve our data stores of thousands of hours of video and training data

• You will design and implement backend systems to manage our growing fleet of autonomous robots

• You will build and support compute clusters for training our machine learning models

• You will develop and maintain the backend for internal and customer-facing web services.

Experience and Skills You'll Need

• BS or MS in Computer Science and 1-3 years of relevant experience

• Strong knowledge of distributed computing and systems design

• Experience programming in Python

• Working knowledge of shell scripting, Linux system administration and debugging, and backend automation frameworks

• Good knowledge of databases (relational and otherwise) and experience with building and managing data processing pipelines at scale

• Knowledge of fundamental networking concepts and ability to debug and diagnose network issues

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required (we do sponsor H1B transfer).

Technologies We Use

• TensorFlow

• Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Helm

• PostgreSQL, MongoDB, BigQuery

• Flask, Django, React

• Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack

• GRPC, Avro

• OAuth, LDAP

• NFS, Ceph, S3

• CI & CD platforms