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Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform
- Pay
USD 191,000–299,000/year · BaseAnnual period assumed — pay source
Anticipated Base Salary Range $191,000—$299,000 USD In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:
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Experience with robot data formats like mcap, ROS etc and data playback and visualization tooling like Rerun etc. This is a fully remote role with the option to work hybrid if a commutable distance from our Salem, OR, Pittsburgh, PA, or Fremont, CA offices. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This range may change based on geographical location and may be modified in the future.
Listed location: Remote
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What you’ll work on
Full postingJoin the cutting-edge team building the data platform that powers fleet-scale humanoid robotics.
Build scalable pipelines to ingest and process robot telemetry, logs and sensor data
Develop data ingestion agents that run on robot software in low-connectivity settings
Maintain and develop data formats and protocols for recordings, sensor data and telemetry
Develop observability systems for real-time monitoring of fleet operations
Build and optimize tools for business intelligence and long-horizon fleet analytics
From the employer’s posting
Join the cutting-edge team building the data platform that powers fleet-scale humanoid robotics. As a Staff Software Engineer on our Data Platform team, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining the infrastructure that enables efficient ingestion, processing, discovery, serving, and analysis of massive datasets generated by our robots. Your work will directly contribute to improving robot performance, operational insights, and scaling our cloud-based systems.
Design and implement scalable data pipelines for ingesting and processing telemetry, logs and sensor data from our fleet of robots
Develop and maintain data ingestion agents running directly on robot software to ingest high volume data in low connectivity environments.
Maintain and develop data formats and protocols optimized for transmission, storage and query of data recordings, sensor data and telemetry.
Develop and maintain observability systems using tools like fluentbit, OpenTelemetry etc enabling real-time monitoring and analytics of fleet operations.
Build and optimize tools for internal stakeholders for business intelligence and long-horizon fleet analytics and forecasting
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- 5+ years of strong experience in building and scaling cloud-based data platforms with familiarity in cloud providers like AWS, GCP or Azure.
- Knowledge of IoT systems, edge computing or working with embedded devices is nice-to-have.
- 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
- Proficient in big data frameworks like Spark, Kafka, Beam, Flink etc
- Experience with Databricks
- Familiarity with OSS data formats like Parquet, Arrow, Iceberg and protocols like Avro and Protobuf.
Preferred experience
- Experience with Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, or other sensor heavy workloads will be strongly preferred.
Qualification wording
5+ years of strong experience in building and scaling cloud-based data platforms with familiarity in cloud providers like AWS, GCP or Azure.
Knowledge of IoT systems, edge computing or working with embedded devices is nice-to-have.
401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
Proficient in big data frameworks like Spark, Kafka, Beam, Flink etc
Experience with Databricks
Familiarity with OSS data formats like Parquet, Arrow, Iceberg and protocols like Avro and Protobuf.
Experience with Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, or other sensor heavy workloads will be strongly preferred.
Posting record
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- Aug 15, 202681 days ago
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- 54
- Last seen by us
- Nov 4, 2026
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Agility Robotics is hiring
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- Kubernetes
- S3
- SageMaker
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Where the posting names them
- Experience with Bazel/Blaze or other build systems - Experience with C++, Rust - Experience with robot data formats like mcap, ROS etc and data playback and visualization tooling like Rerun etc.
- Experience with observability tools(e.g. OpenTelemetry, Prometheus etc) and implementing metrics, tracing and logging systems - Proficiency in languages like Java, Scala (any JVM), or Python and a solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices architectures. Bonus Qualifications
- Big Data Processing: Implement solutions to prepare high volume, high velocity data for analysis using technologies such as Spark, Kafka or equivalent - Cloud Platform: Build and optimize tools for internal stakeholders for business intelligence and long-horizon fleet analytics and forecasting using existing tools like AWS S3, Athena, Sagemaker etc. - IoT integration: Leverage IoT experience to improve data collection and processing pipelines from robot sensors and edge devices.
Required Qualifications - 5+ years of strong experience in building and scaling cloud-based data platforms with familiarity in cloud providers like AWS, GCP or Azure. - Proficient in big data frameworks like Spark, Kafka, Beam, Flink etc
- Knowledge of IoT systems, edge computing or working with embedded devices is nice-to-have. - Data catalog experience (Datahub, Amundsen, Databricks Unity Catalog) - Experience with Databricks
- Data catalog experience (Datahub, Amundsen, Databricks Unity Catalog) - Experience with Databricks - Experience with Kubernetes
- Observability systems: Develop and maintain observability systems using tools like fluentbit, OpenTelemetry etc enabling real-time monitoring and analytics of fleet operations. - Big Data Processing: Implement solutions to prepare high volume, high velocity data for analysis using technologies such as Spark, Kafka or equivalent - Cloud Platform: Build and optimize tools for internal stakeholders for business intelligence and long-horizon fleet analytics and forecasting using existing tools like AWS S3, Athena, Sagemaker etc.
- 5+ years of strong experience in building and scaling cloud-based data platforms with familiarity in cloud providers like AWS, GCP or Azure. - Proficient in big data frameworks like Spark, Kafka, Beam, Flink etc - Familiarity with OSS data formats like Parquet, Arrow, Iceberg and protocols like Avro and Protobuf.
- Experience with Databricks - Experience with Kubernetes - Experience with Bazel/Blaze or other build systems
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About the role
We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.
Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.
An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.
US government figures for database architects
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $139,500
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.
Job description
Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.
About The Role
Join the cutting-edge team building the data platform that powers fleet-scale humanoid robotics. As a Staff Software Engineer on our Data Platform team, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining the infrastructure that enables efficient ingestion, processing, discovery, serving, and analysis of massive datasets generated by our robots. Your work will directly contribute to improving robot performance, operational insights, and scaling our cloud-based systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Data Ingestion: Design and implement scalable data pipelines for ingesting and processing telemetry, logs and sensor data from our fleet of robots and associated cloud software
- Data Agents: Develop and maintain data ingestion agents running directly on robot software to ingest high volume data in low connectivity environments.
- Data Formats: Maintain and develop data formats and protocols optimized for transmission, storage and query of data recordings, sensor data and telemetry.
- Observability systems: Develop and maintain observability systems using tools like fluentbit, OpenTelemetry etc enabling real-time monitoring and analytics of fleet operations.
- Big Data Processing: Implement solutions to prepare high volume, high velocity data for analysis using technologies such as Spark, Kafka or equivalent
- Cloud Platform: Build and optimize tools for internal stakeholders for business intelligence and long-horizon fleet analytics and forecasting using existing tools like AWS S3, Athena, Sagemaker etc.
- IoT integration: Leverage IoT experience to improve data collection and processing pipelines from robot sensors and edge devices.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of strong experience in building and scaling cloud-based data platforms with familiarity in cloud providers like AWS, GCP or Azure.
- Proficient in big data frameworks like Spark, Kafka, Beam, Flink etc
- Familiarity with OSS data formats like Parquet, Arrow, Iceberg and protocols like Avro and Protobuf.
- Experience with observability tools(e.g. OpenTelemetry, Prometheus etc) and implementing metrics, tracing and logging systems
- Proficiency in languages like Java, Scala (any JVM), or Python and a solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices architectures.
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience with Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, or other sensor heavy workloads will be strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of IoT systems, edge computing or working with embedded devices is nice-to-have.
- Data catalog experience (Datahub, Amundsen, Databricks Unity Catalog)
- Experience with Databricks
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with Bazel/Blaze or other build systems
- Experience with C++, Rust
- Experience with robot data formats like mcap, ROS etc and data playback and visualization tooling like Rerun etc.
This is a fully remote role with the option to work hybrid if a commutable distance from our Salem, OR, Pittsburgh, PA, or Fremont, CA offices.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This range may change based on geographical location and may be modified in the future.
Anticipated Base Salary Range
$191,000—$299,000 USD
In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:
- 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
- Equity: Company stock options.
- Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
- Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
- Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Time Off:
- Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
- Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
- On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
- Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
- Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
- Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
- Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
- Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.
All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.
Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.
Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies. We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page. If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered. To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.
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Anticipated Base Salary Range $191,000—$299,000 USD In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:
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Remote
- Experience with robot data formats like mcap, ROS etc and data playback and visualization tooling like Rerun etc. This is a fully remote role with the option to work hybrid if a commutable distance from our Salem, OR, Pittsburgh, PA, or Fremont, CA offices. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This range may change based on geographical location and may be modified in the future.
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- Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually. - On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations. - Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
- Work authorization
All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States. Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment. Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies. We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page. If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered. To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.