Head of Software Architecture, Embodied AI Platform

ABOUT THE ROLE

Lead end-to-end software architecture for a platform that connects and operates fleets of general-purpose robots. This hands-on leadership role sets technical direction across cloud, edge, frontend, and AI capabilities while helping grow the engineering team.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design and own the architecture for robot connectivity, fleet management, AI features, data pipelines, and model-training workflows.
• Set technical direction across frontend, backend, robot-side software, and infrastructure, making key decisions as the platform scales.
• Write and review production code, especially while establishing foundational architecture and abstractions.
• Integrate AI agents and learning capabilities safely, with appropriate guardrails for physical robots.
• Grow and lead the platform engineering team, setting engineering standards and architecture review practices.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• At least 8 years of experience in full-stack platform architecture, with ownership of system design across distributed backends and frontend.
• Staff- or Principal-level experience architecting SaaS platforms that manage connected devices or physical hardware at scale.
• Strong distributed systems and edge-to-cloud architecture skills, including experience with IoT, fleet management, real-time communications, WebSockets, gRPC, pub/sub, APIs, data pipelines, and OTA updates.
• Demonstrated hands-on coding ability and recent production code contributions, along with experience owning architecture across multiple teams.
• A degree in computer science or a