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Your previous experience in robotics isn't a prerequisite - it's your talent and determination that truly count.\nWe expect that many of our team members will bring diverse perspectives from various industries and fields. We are looking for individuals with a proven record of exceptional ability and a history of creating things that work.\nOur Culture\nWe like to be frank and honest about who we are, so that people can decide for themselves if this is a culture they resonate with. Please read more about our culture herehttps://foundation.bot/culture.\nWho should join:\nYou like working in person with a team in San Francisco.\nYou deeply believe that this is the most important mission for humanity and needs to happen yesterday.\nYou are highly technical - regardless of the role you are in. We are building technology; you need to understand technology well.\nYou care about aesthetics and design inside out. If it's not the best product ever, it bothers you, and you need to “fix” it.\nYou don't need someone to motivate you; you get things done.\n Why Are We Hiring for this Role\nTo build and maintain the full software ecosystem for our general-purpose robots, requiring versatility across high-level cloud services and system services running on the robot computer.\nTo drive the implementation and scaling of critical system services applications, including user-facing web applications, comprehensive data logging infrastructure, and robot interfaces.\nTo ensure the team has a capable software generalist who can bridge the gap between high-level applications and low-level system necessities, enabling rapid feature development, software porting, and necessary OS-adjacent implementations.\nTo contribute a broad and deep software background to influence the technical direction and architecture of both robot-side and cloud-side systems.\nFoundation is building a software platform that spans cloud infrastructure, robot operating systems, and everything in between. We're looking for a robotics software engineer who enjoys owning large technical problems across the entire stack.\nThis is a highly cross-functional role with broad technical ownership. You'll architect and build the software services that connect cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, and on-robot systems into a cohesive robotics platform.\nYou'll have the opportunity to influence the architecture of our robotics software stack from the ground up, helping define how engineers develop, deploy, monitor, and interact with every robot we build.\nRather than owning a narrow subsystem, you'll work across cloud services, robot infrastructure, operating systems, and developer tools-solving the problems that unlock velocity for the entire engineering organization.\nYou'll collaborate closely with AI, autonomy, controls, embedded, and infrastructure teams to build the software foundation that enables rapid development and deployment of next-generation humanoid robots.\nWhat Kind of Person are we looking For\nA great software generalist who is versatile and can write at scale cloud software.\nAbility to design and implement system services apps that sit on the robot computer, such as webapps and robot control interfaces.\nFocus is on higher-level software development (above firmware/OS, and lower than AI components).\nScrappy and capable of extending into OS level implementations and software porting when necessary.\nProven background as a generalist software engineer, comfortable operating across different layers of the software stack (from higher-level cloud applications down to OS-adjacent implementations).\nExpertise in building and scaling cloud software (e.g., distributed systems, robust APIs, data logging pipelines).\nStrong experience in designing and implementing system services applications, including web applications, user interfaces, and robot control interfaces.\nProficiency in at least one major programming language used in cloud/systems development (e.g., C++, Python, Go, Rust).\nA \"scrappy\" mindset with demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies, port software, and delve into low-level (OS-adjacent) code when necessary.\nFamiliarity with foundational computer science concepts, operating systems, and networking.\nBenefits\nWe provide market standard benefits (health, vision, dental, 401k, etc.). Join us for the culture and the mission, not for the benefits.\nSalary\nThe annual compensation is expected to be between $160,000.00 - $250,000.00. 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