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Join us and become part of an ambitious, humble, and resourceful culture where your work will leave a lasting impact on the future of robotics and commerce.\nNimble's Core Values:\nBe relentlessly resourceful - Challenge conventions and overcome obstacles.\nBe legendary - Be the very best and do work that inspires.\nBe humble - Prioritize growth, learning, and doing whatever is needed to further the mission.\nBe dependable - Take ownership and deliver with high agency.\n\nAbout the Role\nWe are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure Team, focused on building secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure for Nimble’s software services, robotics products, embedded systems, and business operations.\nYou will work across cloud, production, corporate, and robot-facing systems to identify and remediate security, reliability, and operational risks in designs, implementations, integrations, and processes. 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