Senior Backend Engineer

Who we are

With its A.I.-powered robotic technology platform, Symbotic is changing the way consumer goods move through the supply chain. Intelligent software orchestrates advanced robots in a high-density, end-to-end system - reinventing warehouse automation for increased efficiency, speed and flexibility.

ABOUT THEROLE

As part of theCloud Tool and Application team within the VN Software Development department ofSymbotic, a US-based robotics warehouse automation company headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, you will help build and operate cloud-based tools, backend services, and application platforms that support warehouse automation, robot fleet operations, diagnostics, monitoring, and engineering workflows.

This role is focused onDevOps, cloud platform management, backend development, system reliability, and operational tooling. You will work closely with robotics engineers, software engineers, QA engineers, data engineers, product stakeholders, and other technical teams todeliver secure, scalable, and reliable cloud applications for our engineering teamsatSymbotic.

KEYRESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, andoperatesecure, scalable backend services, APIs, and cloud applications that support our cloud-based digital twin and simulation systems.

• Implement backend APIs, data services, and real-time processing pipelines to ingest, process, and serve robotics, simulation, and operational data from multiple sources.

• Build andmaintainevent-driven and job-oriented backend workflows using technologies such as Google Pub/Sub, Redis,WebSockets, and queue-based processing systems.

• Supportsimulationorchestration and cloud execution platforms running on Google Cloud services such as Cloud Batch, GKE, Cloud Run, and Cloud Storage.

• Manage andoptimizecloud infrastructure, includingcompute, storage, networking, deployment pipelines, monitoring, logging, and security configurations.

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Google Cloud Build, and container-based deployment workflows to improve deployment reliability, development velocity, environment consistency, and production readiness.

• Implement infrastructure-as-code practices using Terraform and related automation to support repeatable, auditable, and scalable cloud operations.

• Monitor system health, performance, reliability, cost, and security posture; proactivelyidentifyrisks and implement improvements.

• Collaborate with software engineers, robotics engineers, data engineers, QA engineers, data scientists, and product stakeholders to ensure backend and cloud systems meet business and technical requirements.

• Support the deployment and operation of simulation and digital twin workloads across development, staging, and production environments.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation for backend services, cloud architecture, deployment processes, operational runbooks, and system configurations.

• Stay up to date with modern cloud, DevOps, backend, security, observability, and data infrastructure technologies.

• Support AI-powered, data-driven, and agentic enterprise workflows by designing andmaintainingreliable backend services, cloud infrastructure, and integration platforms.

• Perform other related duties as reasonably assigned by the direct manager or the Employer.

JOB REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of professional experience in backend development, DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or related software engineering roles.

• Strong backend development experience with Node.jsand comfort working in TypeScript-heavy or sharedmonorepoenvironments. Experience with Python or .NET is aplus, butnotrequired.

• Solid experience designing and building scalable backend services, APIs, data processing services, and distributed systems.

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, especially services such as Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Batch, Pub/Sub, Cloud Build, Cloud Storage, IAM, Secret Manager, and Cloud Logging/Monitoring.Experience with AWS or other major cloud platforms is also preferred.

• Experience managing cloud infrastructure, includingcompute, storage, networking, IAM, security, monitoring, logging, and cost optimization.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, containerization, and modern DevOps practices.

• Experience withDocker, and preferably orchestration platforms such asKubernetesor cloud-managed container services.

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or similar technologies.

• Experience with data pipelines, event-driven systems, and real-time data streams.

• Experience with databases and data platforms such asMongoDB,Snowflake, PostgreSQL, or similar systems.

• Experience with messaging and streaming technologies such as Google Pub/Sub, Redis pub/sub, NATS,BullMQ, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar platforms.

• Good understanding of system reliability, scalability, security, observability, and operational excellence.

• Familiarity with cloud security best practices, including access control,secretsmanagement, network security, and secure deployment processes.

• Plus: Experience with robotics, simulation, digital twin platforms, warehouse automation, IoT, or high-volume telemetry systems.

• Plus: Experience supporting AI/ML-powered backend systems or data platforms.

• Plus: Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, or similar tools.

• Good teamwork, communication, time management, ownership, and problem-solving skills.

• Workingproficiencyin verbal and written English, with the ability to communicate independently in an international environment and clearly present technical concepts, findings, risks, and recommendations to leadership stakeholders.

About Symbotic

Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies. Applying next-gen technology, high-density storage and machine learning to solve today's complex distribution challenges, Symbotic enables companies to move goods with unmatched speed, agility, accuracy and efficiency. As the backbone of commerce the Symbotic platform transforms the flow of goods and the economics of supply chain for its customers. For more information, visit www.symbotic.com.

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