Principal Software Engineer - Fleet Orchestration

Exol•Wilmington, MA

1d•$180,000 - $247,500•Hybrid

About The Position

Symbotic is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their Fleet Orchestration team. This role involves leading the design and delivery of complex, high-impact systems crucial for the platform's performance and reliability. The engineer will act as a technical leader, owning major components, guiding architectural decisions, and mentoring others while remaining hands-on. The teams build the core platform for real-time orchestration, robotics coordination, system intelligence, and operational visibility, tackling problems in distributed systems, physical automation, large-scale data processing, and real-world system behavior where software directly impacts throughput, safety, and customer operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
Minimum of 12 years of professional software development experience.
Strong experience designing and building distributed systems at scale.
Deep knowledge of system design, concurrency, and performance optimization.
Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and influence system design.
Strong debugging skills across complex, multi-service environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience with robotics, warehouse automation, or hardware-adjacent systems.
Background in real-time control systems or orchestration platforms.
Experience with simulation, optimization, or algorithm-heavy systems.
Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and reliability engineering practices.

Responsibilities

Lead design and implementation of large-scale distributed systems and services.
Own end-to-end delivery of major features or subsystems from design through production.
Drive architectural decisions around scalability, resiliency, and system correctness.
Develop and evolve event-driven, real-time processing systems.
Analyze and improve system behavior using metrics, observability, and performance profiling.
Diagnose and resolve complex, cross-system production issues.
Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and elevate engineering quality across the team.
Partner with cross-functional teams (robotics, controls, infrastructure, product) to deliver integrated solutions.
Contribute to technical strategy and roadmap planning.