What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer: Backend position at Field AI?
Field AI is among the select startups making robots a reality. We are a deep-tech robotics company shaping the future of embodied AI. Our intelligent brains operate across legged, wheeled, and humanoid robots. We blend commercial applications with groundbreaking research, fostering a dynamic environment that pushes the boundaries of robotics.
Join our mission to transform how humans and robots collaborate. As a Software Engineer specializing in backend development, you will design and implement critical systems that enable seamless data flow, sensor integration, and robust communication for cutting-edge robotics solutions. This role focuses on developing backend systems with high-performance computing, sensor integration, and driver development to support real-world robotics applications.
What You Will Get To Do
- Develop, maintain, and optimize backend services for robotics systems, focusing on high-performance and real-time requirements.
- Write and maintain low-level drivers for sensors and actuators, ensuring reliable integration and communication.
- Integrate data from sensors such as LiDAR, cameras, IMUs, GPS, and other IoT devices into cohesive backend architectures.
- Work with robotics frameworks like ROS to manage communication between robots, backend systems, and user interfaces.
- Build and optimize high-quality data pipelines to process and store real-time and batch sensor data.
- Design scalable and efficient databases for storing robotics telemetry, logs, and analytics.
- Collaborate closely with robotics engineers to ensure backend systems meet operational requirements for control and monitoring.
- Monitor, debug, and optimize system performance to meet low-latency and high-reliability standards.
What You Have
What Will Set You Apart
Our salary range is generous ($70,000 - $300,000 annual), but we take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining final salary; base pay offered may vary considerably depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Also, while we enjoy being together on-site, we are open to exploring a hybrid or remote option.
Why Join Field AI?
We are solving one of the world's most complex challenges : deploying robots in unstructured, previously unknown environments. Our Field Foundational Models™ set a new standard in perception, planning, localization, and manipulation, ensuring our approach is explainable and safe for deployment.
Our team is uniquely suited to accomplishing these goals, with leadership and staff comprised of team members who have won back to back segments of the DARPA SubTerranean and DARPA RACER challenges and experts from NASA JPL, DeepMind, SpaceX, Boston Dynamics, Cruise, and Zoox, with educational roots at Stanford, CMU, MIT, and Georgia Tech.
Be Part of the Next Robotics Revolution
If you're a highly adaptable, resilient individual who thrives in a dynamic environment and aims to achieve big goals, Field AI is your next home. We're looking for talented individuals who are ready to take on challenges and make a tangible impact in the world of embodied AI. Join us, shape the future, and be part of a fun, close-knit team on an exciting journey!
Real Deployment, Real Impact. Fast-Paced Growth. Competitive Compensation. Supportive Environment.
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Salary : $70,000 - $300,000
