Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI
Core
Build platform APIs for high-quality training data, data validation, auto-captioning/annotation, and validation to support AI world models and integrate AI into the robot software stack.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI Platform)
Builds
Platform APIs for data collection, fine-tuning, and inference at scale for the NEO home robot.
Domain
Robotics + Applied AI (World Models)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, scalable content pipelines, developer tooling, simulation platforms, modern AI/ML frameworks, cloud deployment, system optimization (latency/cost/quality)
Preferred skills
High-scale AI/ML shipping, open-source AI/ML contributions, robotics domain experience
Technologies
Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Cloud platforms, AI/ML frameworks, Simulators
Responsibilities
Design and ship production features for AI world models from data collection through inference; Build rigorous evaluation, data pipelines, and captioning APIs integrated into simulators and robot hardware; Optimize systems for latency, cost, and quality; Collaborate with researchers and product engineers to build reliable systems; Drive technical direction across multidisciplinary teams.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical direction