Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

Chef Robotics • San Francisco, CA

90d • $150,000 - $240,000

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure at Chef Robotics, you'll be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the cloud infrastructure and deployment systems that power our robotics platform. You'll focus on provisioning robots for seamless deployment, enabling remote software updates to enhance performance and reliability, and developing cloud infrastructure that supports real-time robotics operations. This role requires expertise in cloud platforms, containerization, and infrastructure automation to ensure scalable and reliable deployment of our robotics systems across customer environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure and DevOps roles
• Expert knowledge of cloud infrastructure and deployment (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Strong proficiency with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) technologies
• Extensive experience with CI/CD practices and infrastructure-as-code principles
• Experience with system monitoring, logging, and performance optimization
• Understanding of secure data pipeline design and implementation

Nice To Haves

• Experience with robotics hardware deployment and management
• Knowledge of ROS (Robot Operating System) or similar frameworks
• Experience with time-series databases for telemetry data
• Familiarity with message queue systems for distributed systems
• Background in manufacturing, food production, or industrial automation
• Experience with WebSockets for real-time communication
• Knowledge of Redis for caching and distributed system patterns

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure to support robotics platform deployment and operations
• Provision robots for seamless deployment across diverse customer environments
• Enable remote software updates to enhance performance and reliability of deployed systems
• Implement containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) for scalable deployments
• Manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, or Azure platforms
• Improve the performance and reliability of cloud services supporting the Chef system
• Implement fault-tolerant design patterns to ensure reliability in production environments
• Establish performance benchmarks and optimize systems to meet latency requirements for robotics operations
• Implement comprehensive logging, monitoring, and alerting for cloud infrastructure
• Create diagnostic tools and dashboards for operational visibility
• Implement CI/CD practices and infrastructure-as-code principles
• Develop automated deployment pipelines for robotics software and services
• Create and maintain deployment scripts and configuration management systems
• Establish version control and rollback mechanisms for system updates
• Develop tools for consistent environment provisioning and management
• Maintain secure and efficient data pipelines between on-device and cloud services
• Implement systems to support real-time communication between robotics systems and cloud infrastructure
• Design cloud architecture that supports telemetry data collection and processing
• Ensure secure authentication and authorization mechanisms across cloud services

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Flexible paid time off (PTO)
• Catered lunch
• 401(k) matching

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees