Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Core
Build production-level fixes and features for a large robotics customer's API integration, decoupling site-specific solutions into scalable platform capabilities for all developers.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
Builds
Production streaming APIs, Python SDK, ROS 2 adapters, and robot controllers
Domain
Robotics, Real-time control, Distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Linux debugging, distributed systems troubleshooting, Python, TypeScript/Node.js, customer-facing technical leadership, system architecture, incident management
Preferred skills
ROS 2, real-time motion control (100Hz+), safety systems, C++, Kubernetes, React
Technologies
Python, TypeScript, Node.js, ROS 2, Kubernetes, React, C++, Linux
Responsibilities
Define technical vision for advanced customer robot control and streaming APIs; Generalize on-site fixes into stable product interfaces; Act as the primary technical point of contact for the customer; Root-cause complex distributed system faults and create runbooks; Lead weekly engineering sessions with customer teams; Ship features from reproduction to release-gated product changes
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic architecture and cross-team leadership
