Staff Backend Engineer, Robotics - Remote

Overview

Robotics will have a massive positive impact on the world economy and global human productivity over the coming decade. At Foxglove, we're excited for this future, and we're building powerful open source and commercial tools to accelerate it.

We're an experienced team of independent thinkers, with a passion for creating high quality products. We're looking for self-motivated and fast-learning individuals to join our mission.

In Short

• Join a small, skilled, and fast-moving team as a Full Stack Engineer.
• Work with full stack TypeScript, React on the frontend and Node.js on the backend.
• Take ownership of REST API and client libraries.
• Engage with customers and community for end-to-end feature ownership.
• Expand knowledge of robotics and self-driving industries.
• Collaborate with an experienced team on a cutting-edge product.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in high-performance production software.
• 3+ years in Robotics or Autonomous systems.
• Experience with Go or Rust.
• Strong SQL database experience and query plan optimization.
• Familiarity with cloud object stores and data storage mechanisms.
• Experience with SQL-backed REST APIs.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, small team environment.

Benefits

• Competitive equity grant in a Series A company.
• 90% medical insurance coverage for employees.
• 401k matching up to 4%.
• 4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter break.
• All expenses paid company off-sites 2x/year.