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You'll own the link between them: getting multiple camera streams to the operator and commands back to the robot with as little delay and jitter as physics allows, and building the interface operators use all day. Because every byte you stream is also training data, you'll own recording it on-site and getting it reliably off-site too.\nWhat you'll do\nBuild the real-time transport between robot sites and operator stations: low-latency video (multiple cameras, possibly depth), robot state, and control commands over the public internet.\n\nOwn the end-to-end latency budget. Instrument glass-to-glass and command-to-motion latency, find where every millisecond goes, and cut it: encoding settings, transport choice, routing, jitter buffers, relay placement.\n\nMake the link robust: NAT traversal, congestion and packet loss, bandwidth adaptation, reconnection, and clear signals to the operator and robot when quality degrades.\n\nDesign and build the operator interface: camera layouts, robot state and health, task instructions, latency and connection indicators, and fast workflows for starting, labeling, and ending episodes.\n\nBuild operator-facing tooling: queueing operators to robots across sites, session handoff, and basic fleet visibility.\n\nOwn on-site recording: capture synchronized streams and metadata into a well-defined episode format, buffer locally, and upload reliably over constrained site networks.\n\nSet up the infrastructure for data storage and access of robot teleop episodes.\n\nWhat we're looking for\n3+ years building production level real-time networked systems: video streaming, video conferencing, cloud gaming, remote desktop, live broadcast, or similar.\n\nHands-on experience with low-latency media transport (e.g., WebRTC, RTP/SRTP, QUIC/UDP-based protocols) and video encoding trade-offs.\n\nYou've measured and reduced latency in a production system and can explain where the time went.\n\nComfortable building a polished interface yourself, web or native, with good product instincts for people who use a tool eight hours a day.\n\nStrong in at least one of TypeScript, Go, Rust, C++, or Python; comfortable across client, server, and edge devices.\n\nComfortable deploying and debugging software on remote Linux machines you can't physically touch.\n\nNice to have\nExperience with robotics, teleoperation, drones, or other remote-control systems.\n\nHardware video encode/decode on edge devices; multi-camera synchronization.\n\nBuilt data pipelines that move large volumes of sensor or video data from the edge to cloud storage.\n\nExperience with global network deployment: relays/TURN, choosing regions, measuring paths between countries.\n\nGame development, VR/XR, or other latency-sensitive interaction design.\n\nIf you don't check every box above but believe you can do the job, we encourage you to apply - we're looking for capability and trajectory, not a perfect checklist match.\nWe strive to create an inclusive work environment for all; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. 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