Software Engineer - Robotics

About Nimble

Nimble is a frontier robotics and AI company building the next era of autonomous logistics. We design, manufacture, and deploy intelligent robots that enable fast, efficient, and sustainable commerce at global scale. Our team is building generalized robot intelligence and developing the world’s first generalist super-humanoid robots capable of performing all core warehouse workflows with superhuman performance.

We recently closed a $106M Series C at a $1B valuation, and we are continuing to grow our world-class team. Our long-term vision is to create the Autonomous Supply Chain—reinventing how goods move through factories, warehouses, and last-mile distribution using next-generation intelligent robotic systems.

Nimble was founded out of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon’s top AI labs and is backed by the world’s most prestigious investors. Our board includes iconic leaders in AI and robotics such as Marc Raibert (Founder of Boston Dynamics), Fei-Fei Li (Former Chief Scientist of AI at Google, Director of Stanford’s AI lab), and Sebastian Thrun (Waymo, Founder of Google X, Kitty Hawk, and Udacity).

Join us and leave your mark on the future of robotics, AI, and global commerce.

Link: Introducing Nimble – Intelligent Fulfillment Robots at Scale

Why Join Nimble?

At Nimble, we are committed to building legendary products, a legendary team, and a legendary legacy. Join us and become part of an ambitious, humble, and resourceful culture where your work will leave a lasting impact on the future of robotics and commerce.

Nimble's Core Values:

Be relentlessly resourceful - Challenge conventions and overcome constraints.

Be legendary - Pursue excellence and craft work that inspires.

Be humble - Prioritize growth, learning, and the mission over ego.

Be dependable - Take ownership and deliver with integrity.

About the Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Robotics team. You will help build the application systems, integrations, and orchestration that enable robots to operate reliably in production environments. This role is about creating the software that allows robots to perform useful tasks at scale, from coordinating behaviors to integrating with enterprise systems, working closely with robotics engineers, ML engineers, multi-robot coordination teams and product teams.

Responsibilities

- Design and implement application components that coordinate robot actions, manage system state, and support operational workflows.

- Build and maintain integrations with various robot platforms, APIs, services, and data platforms.

- Write high-quality, well-tested code and contribute to engineering best practices.

- Develop task orchestration and system-level logic that power production robots.

- Collaborate with ML engineers and robotics engineers to integrate robot capabilities into reliable and scalable software systems.

- Work with cross-functional teams to define requirements, design architecture, and ensure system robustness.

- Work with cross-functional teams to define requirements, design architecture, and ensure system robustness.

- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and roadmap planning.

- Triage product or robotics system issues to ensure reliability of production robotics systems; help diagnose and resolve operational issues when they arise.

Qualifications

- Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science or related field or equivalent 

- 0 - 3 years of professional software engineering experience

- Strong self learning and improvement mindset

- Strong proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Rust, GoLang, Python, C++

- Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals, backend services, distributed systems, and API design

- Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively across disciplines

- Willingness to support production operations through an on-call rotation

Nice to have

- Experience with integrating hardware devices, embedded systems, automation systems

- Exposure to automation environments such as warehousing, manufacturing, or logistics

- Experience with CI/CD, AWS, Kubernetes, message brokering

Culture:

We embrace challenges and strive to make the impossible possible each day. We’re not in this to do what’s easy or to be mediocre. We want to create something legendary and leave our mark on the world. We’re ambitious, we’re gritty, we’re humble and we’re relentlessly resourceful in pursuit of our goals. If this sounds like you then you might be a great fit!

Press:

Link: Nimble Closes $106 Million Series C Funding Round, Scales Fully Autonomous Fulfillment with FedEx 

Link: FedEx Announces Expansion of FedEx Fulfillment With Nimble Alliance

Nimble Robotics, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state, federal or local laws.

Nimble's Benefits

Paid Time Off

Enjoy the time you need to travel, rejuvenate, and connect with friends and family.

Health Insurance

Nimble provides medical, dental, and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family.

Paid Parental Leave

Enjoy paid bonding time following a birth.

Commuter Benefits

Take the stress out of commuting with access to fully-paid parking spots. 

Referral Bonus

Get a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring. 

401k

Contribute towards a 401k for retirement planning.

Equity

Be an owner in Nimble through our equity program