Senior Software Engineer - DevOps

Apptronik is building robots for the real world to improve human quality of life and to help solve the ever-increasing labor shortage problem. Our team has been building some of the most advanced robots on the planet for years, dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge. We apply our expertise across the full robotics stack to some of the most important and impactful problems our society faces, and expect our products and technology to change the world for the better.  We value passion, creativity, and collaboration to help us overcome existing technological barriers in the industry to create truly innovative products.

You will join a team developing   state-of-the-art general-purpose robots designed to operate in human spaces and with human tools. It is designed to work alongside humans, mobilize to human spaces, and manipulate the world around it.

JOB SUMMARY

In this role, you will be a pivotal member of the software team, responsible for the entire software development lifecycle platform that our robotics engineers rely on. You will own the critical intersection of infrastructure, tooling, and automation, ensuring our developers can build, test, and deploy complex robotics software with maximum velocity and reliability. This role requires a generalist mindset, blending hands-on infrastructure management with understanding of the C++ build ecosystem. The ideal candidate is a pragmatic problem-solver, working through problems not seen before, managing a Kubernetes cluster one day and optimizing a CMake script the next.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

CI / CD Ownership

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and resilient CI / CD pipelines tailored for a large-scale C++ and Python codebase.
• Take ownership of the underlying infrastructure for our CI / CD system, including managing container orchestration (Kubernetes) for build agents and services.
• Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks in the build and test process, applying optimizations such as advanced caching, parallelization, and build system improvements (CMake).
• Manage artifact and container registries, ensuring secure, reliable, and fast access to software dependencies and build outputs.

Developer Experience & Automation

System Reliability & Problem Solving

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

Preferred Qualifications :

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.