Senior Software Engineer – Robotics

Bright Machines

Senior Software Engineer responsible for developing systems for robotics in manufacturing at Bright Machines. Collaborating with engineers to build scalable automation solutions in a hybrid work environment.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $170,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaScriptLinuxPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help design, develop and deploy software components that help realize Bright Machines vision of Software Defined Manufacturing
Contribute best-in-class programming skills to develop reliable and scalable frameworks and infrastructure
Write clean, maintainable code, and perform peer code-reviews
Create unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure we are continually shipping code to production
Work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility
Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules
Pair with adjacent teams to understand how your frameworks and infrastructure are actually used in the field, providing tier 3 remote support for production systems, continuously improving them and leveraging recent advances to improve developer velocity

Requirements

What you’ll need

Interest in Robotics
At least 4 of the following with experience in a production environment: Software Development, On Prem infrastructure, Networking, Distributed Systems, Storage, Infrastructure As Code, Cloud infrastructure, Security Engineering, Robotics Software, Systems Development Engineer
B.S. or M.S. degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
5+ years of job experience as Software Engineer or equivalent role
Proficiency in a variety of modern programming languages (Python, Javascript, C#, Go, etc)
Ability to work in a variety of compute environments (Windows, Linux, AWS/Azure)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonJavascriptC#GoSoftware DevelopmentDistributed SystemsInfrastructure As CodeCloud infrastructureSecurity EngineeringRobotics Software

Soft Skills

clean codemaintainable codepeer code-reviewsinvestigate design approachesprototype new technologyevaluate technical feasibilityAgileScrumteam collaborationremote support

Certifications

B.S. degreeM.S. degree