Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Core
Build the networking stack, backend services, and real-time transport infrastructure connecting robots to GPUs, teleoperators, and customer apps over imperfect home networks.
Role type
Senior IC cloud infrastructure engineer (robotics fleet & real-time networking)
Builds
Distributed backend services, low-latency inference serving infrastructure, real-time media/control transport stack, and fleet telemetry systems
Domain
Robotics, Cloud Infrastructure, Real-time Networking
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
distributed systems design, low-latency networking (UDP/TCP), NAT traversal, congestion control, cloud infrastructure (IaC, containers), database schema design, security (TLS/mTLS, PKI), SRE practices
Preferred skills
media pipeline knowledge (codecs, jitter buffers), RTC open-source contributions, GPU inference serving, robotics/IoT fleet experience
Technologies
Terraform/OpenTofu, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, UDP, TCP, STUN/TURN/ICE, TLS/mTLS, PKI, KMS/HSM
Responsibilities
Design backend services coordinating robots, cloud compute, and apps across unreliable networks; Build low-latency serving infrastructure for mid-task model inference; Develop APIs and services for fleet/customer/robot state; Secure robot-to-cloud communication with authentication and device identity; Own low-latency media and control transport end-to-end; Ingest, store, and query fleet telemetry logs and metrics; Define SLOs and build monitoring, alerting, and incident-response systems
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC