At Standard Bots, our mission is to lower the barrier to entry to real-world automation, bringing the power of bits to the world of atoms. We are hiring a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical force multiplier, tackling the most ambiguous, complex, and high-leverage engineering challenges that span multiple teams and domains. Your impact will be measured by your ability to define the future state of systems, drive massive cross-cutting projects to completion, and elevate the technical capabilities of the entire department.
What You'll Do
- Define the long-term technical vision and strategy for major platform components, anticipating future scale, security, and product needs.
- Design and champion new system architectures focused on clear interfaces and domain decoupling to accelerate feature team velocity.
- Establish and improve engineering excellence standards, including best practices for code quality, documentation, and non-functional requirements.
- Proactively identify, define, and lead complex, ambiguous, and high-risk technical programs requiring coordination across 2-3 engineering teams.
- Make clear, pragmatic technical trade-offs balancing long-term vision with timely delivery against business goals.
- Deliver technically deep, cross-cutting software solutions, primarily focusing on back-end systems.
- Drive deep-dive root cause analyses for critical, cross-domain production issues and transform them into preventive engineering work.
- Mentor and coach Senior and Mid-Level engineers across the organization to increase overall efficiency and quality.
- Improve and hold others accountable for higher quality standards across the entire software team.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Proven track record of successfully leading large-scale, complex projects spanning multiple engineering teams.
- At least 1 year of experience as a staff engineer in a large software organization.
- Deep expertise in architecting, developing, and operating distributed, highly-reliable, and scalable systems.
- Proven ability to influence technical direction without direct authority and partner with product, hardware, and executive leadership.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for synthesizing complex technical risks for non-technical leadership.
- Relentless drive to reduce complexity, improve operational simplicity, and proactively identify organizational-level technical risks.
Nice to Have
- Fluency in React, Typescript, Node.js, Python, C++, Kubernetes.
Technical Stack
- React, Typescript, Node.js, Python, C++, Kubernetes
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $210,000 to $300,000 + equity: Employee Stock Options.
- Employee Stock Options for all Full-Time Employees.
- Paid time off.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- 401(k).
- Direct access to robotics with dedicated demo and testing cells.
- Collaborative & modern office space with focus zones.
- Customizable ergonomic workstations.
- Daily catered lunch.
- Fully stocked kitchens with snacks and beverages.
- Regular team events.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Seattle.
Standard Bots is an equal opportunity employer.
