Job Details
Software Engineer
2025-10-30 Watneyrobotics San Francisco,CAAbout Watney
Watney develops autonomous robots to enable the growth of critical infrastructure. Having recently raised $21 million in seed funding from Conviction, Abstract and A*, we're partnering with the world's largest hyperscalers to accelerate datacenter buildout and breakfix.
Join now for a ground-floor seat with outsized ownership and visibility as we scale from prototype to production fleets. Ship real systems, shape the rollout playbook, and leave fingerprints on a category-defining robotics company.
The Role
As one of the foundational members of our Engineering team, you will architect and develop systems for our fast-growing fleet of production robots. We are pragmatic. We value high agency. And, we like to ship fast. This is an opportunity to level up your impact and your growth as an engineer.
Working directly with our founding team, this role is based onsite at our San Francisco headquarters.
What You'll Do
Architect, build and maintain highly-available, robust distributed systems
Design, implement, test, and debug code across the software stack
Collaborate with ML Engineers to develop blazingly fast online RL systems at scale
What You'll Bring
4+ years of software development experience
Strong technical foundation and breadth with experience architecting large-scale distributed systems
In-depth, hands-on development experience building and optimizing across the software stack
Proficiency programming in Golang, Java, Scala or Python. Rust is a big plus!
Strong sense of ownership, initiative, problem solving and analysis
Effective communicator and collaborator with the ability to work closely with ML Engineers
Compensation
$150,000 - $200,000 annual salary. We offer competitive compensation, including equity and comprehensive benefits.
We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. At Watney Robotics, we welcome people of all backgrounds and identities, and we make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential. If you're passionate about robotics but don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply!
Curious to learn more?
Follow us here on X and LinkedIn