engineering
Posted 2 weeks agoSoftware Engineer, Robotics & Autonomous Systems
at scaleai
San Francisco, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Own and architect large-scale data processing pipelines for robotics and autonomous vehicle datasets
- Build ML training and fine-tuning pipelines using Scale's robotics data
- Develop tools and systems for robotics data collection, teleoperation, and model evaluation
- Build real-time systems for robotic control, sensor fusion, and perception pipelines
- Design comprehensive monitoring and evaluation frameworks for robotics models and data quality
- Collaborate with ML engineers and researchers to bring robotics research into production
- Deliver features at high velocity while maintaining system reliability and performance Ideally, You Have:
- Track record of working with cross-functional teams including ML engineers, researchers, and customers
Requirements
- Scale's Robotics business unit is dedicated to solving the data bottleneck in Physical AI across Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, and Computer Vision.
- You'll have the opportunity to own critical parts of our robotics platform, work directly with cutting-edge robotics and AV customers, and shape the future of embodied AI systems. You Will:
- Work across backend (Python, Node.js , C++) and frontend (React, TypeScript) stacks to build end-to-end solutions
- experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, or related fields
- Strong programming skills in Python and TypeScript/Node.js for production systems •
- Experience with React and modern frontend development for 3D interfaces Practical
- experience with robotics frameworks (ROS/ROS2), simulation environments, or AV systems
- Understanding of distributed systems, workflow orchestration, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Temporal, Kubernetes, Docker) •
- Experience with databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL) and data processing at scale
- Strong communication skills and ability to operate with high autonomy Nice to Haves: • Experience with C++ •
- Experience with robotics hardware platforms (robotic arms, mobile robots, perception systems) with a focus on time synchronization
- Familiarity with autonomous vehicle data, lidar technologies, or 3D data processing •
- Experience with ML model deployment and serving frameworks
- Knowledge of teleoperation systems (ALOHA, UMI, hand tracking) or VR interfaces •
- Experience with workflow orchestration systems (Temporal, Airflow)
- At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions.
- Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact.
- We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
Experience
- 3+ years of software engineering
Benefits
- Background in computer vision, SLAM, motion planning, or imitation learning
- Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits.
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- Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval.
- Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. You'll also receive
- benefits including, but not limited to: comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO.
- benefits such as a commuter stipend.
- The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of San Francisco is: $216,000 — $270,000 USD
- We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision .
Contact
- If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com.
Additional details
- In this role, you'll be a key contributor building production systems for robotics data collection, model training pipelines, and evaluation infrastructure.
- Interact directly with robotics and AV stakeholders to understand their technical needs and drive product development
- Published research or open-source contributions in robotics or autonomous systems
- Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional
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