What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer, Netcode (Backend) position at Viam?
Viam is a software platform that makes it easy to turn great ideas into production-ready smart machines & robots at scale. Viam works with any hardware and has modern architecture, easy developer APIs, cloud connectivity and tools, and enterprise-grade security to give even the leanest teams the power to launch and manage their smart machine businesses.
Viam makes building, deploying, and monitoring smart machines a more flexible, affordable, and user-friendly experience, allowing developers to do more with smart machines while getting them to market faster. By making smart machines more accessible, Viam is attracting talent and investment to the industry so that more people start building automated products and services that improve our quality of life.
Viam's products are built by engineers, for engineers, creating a platform we would use ourselves.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the NetCode team, you'll develop backend features that enhance the developer experience for creating smart machine applications. You'll contribute to the foundations of the viam-server application, enabling other teams to build richer features in the future, and you'll work deeply on Viam's network connectivity suite. Hybrid role (~3 days a week in our NYC office located at 1900 Broadway).
In this role you'll be :
- Part of a nimble team iterating rapidly to create significant impact.
- Influencing our application's architecture and broader technical direction.
- Engaging with diverse client types, from browsers to smart machines, mobile devices, and SDKs.
- Working with protocols like gRPC, WebRTC, and HTTP to enable cross-platform connectivity.
- Learning and advancing the use of WebRTC in smart machine communication.
- Given opportunities to dive deeper into robotics, Internet of Things, and other areas where software meets hardware.
We're looking for someone who :
Benefits :
The starting salary for this role is between $160K-191K / year. Your exact offer will vary based on a number of factors including experience level, skillset, market location, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced, or more senior, than this job description as posted. In these situations, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate. In addition to cash compensation, Viam offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants, health benefits, and more.
Values :
Learn more about our values here!
Salary : $160,000 - $191,000
