Lead Software Engineer
About the team
Droyd builds autonomous robotic systems that take on repetitive manual work in real environments. Our robots operate under tight latency, reliability, and hardware constraints. Software sits at the center of everything we ship.
Our software team builds the systems that connect models to motors, sensors to decisions, and fleets to operators. This code runs on real robots, in production.
About the role
As a Backend Software Engineer at Droyd, you’ll own core parts of the software stack that power our six-degree-of-freedom robotic arms. You’ll build systems that support learning, inference, control, and fleet operations.
You’ll work in person with a small, senior team across robotics, AI, and hardware. Your work will ship directly to deployed robots.
This role is based in Burlingame, CA. We’re an in-person company. We build faster that way.
In this role, you’ll
Architect, design, implement, and test backend systems for AI models running on edge devices and GPUs
Build and maintain tooling for observability, fleet management, calibration, and system reliability
Develop and optimize low-latency streaming and video processing pipelines
Own integrations with external robotic systems, including ROS2 nodes, SDKs, and hardware control interfaces
Support deployment to real hardware and debug production issues in the field
We’re looking for someone who
Has experience working with hardware interfaces like UART, I2C, CAN, EtherCAT, or similar protocols
Has strong knowledge of Linux systems, networking, and process management
Is comfortable working in large codebases and performance-sensitive environments
Can take ownership of complex systems end to end
Nice to have
Rust experience, including embedded HALs such as Embassy
Experience with RTOS or modern C++ for embedded or real-time systems
Familiarity with GStreamer or DeepStream for multithreaded video pipelines
Experience with WebRTC or other real-time transport technologies
About Droyd
Droyd builds autonomous robotic systems to automate manual work for enterprises. We design the hardware, write the control and software stack, and deploy fleets of robots that operate in real production environments.
If we do this right, robots stop being demos and start being infrastructure.
Join us and help build systems that ship.
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