Senior Software Engineer - DevOps

Apptronik • Austin, TX

71d

About The Position

Apptronik is building robots for the real world to improve human quality of life and to help solve the ever-increasing labor shortage problem. Our team has been building some of the most advanced robots on the planet for years, dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge. We apply our expertise across the full robotics stack to some of the most important and impactful problems our society faces, and expect our products and technology to change the world for the better. We value passion, creativity, and collaboration to help us overcome existing technological barriers in the industry to create truly innovative products. You will join a team developing state-of-the-art general-purpose robots designed to operate in human spaces and with human tools. It is designed to work alongside humans, mobilize to human spaces, and manipulate the world around it.

Requirements

• Expertise in scripting and automation using modern languages like Python or Bash.
• A strong command of the Linux operating system, including networking, file systems, permissions, resource management, and shell environments.
• Experience with C++ and a strong command of its build ecosystem, particularly CMake.
• Proven ability to design, build, and manage complex, automated CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Bitbucket pipelines, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• Proficiency with containerization technologies.
• A solid understanding of core networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with C++ package managers like Conan.
• Familiarity with robotics frameworks, particularly ROS2.
• Experience with build optimization and caching tools (ccache, sccache).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Familiarity with a major cloud provider (GCP, AWS, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and resilient CI/CD pipelines tailored for a large-scale C++ and Python codebase.
• Take ownership of the underlying infrastructure for our CI/CD system, including managing container orchestration (Kubernetes) for build agents and services.
• Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks in the build and test process, applying optimizations such as advanced caching, parallelization, and build system improvements (CMake).
• Manage artifact and container registries, ensuring secure, reliable, and fast access to software dependencies and build outputs.
• Develop and maintain essential tooling and automation that simplifies and accelerates the entire development workflow, from local development to hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing.
• Manage the C++ dependency ecosystem using tools like Conan, balancing developer flexibility with build reproducibility and stability.
• Automate the provisioning and configuration of development and testing resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles with tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Work directly with robotics engineers to understand their challenges and collaboratively develop effective, pragmatic solutions.
• Act as a key troubleshooter for complex, cross-domain issues spanning application code, build systems (CMake, ROS2), containerization, networking, and infrastructure.
• Implement and manage a robust monitoring and observability strategy to ensure the health, performance, and reliability of the entire development platform.
• Ensure consistency and reproducibility across all environments, from a developer's laptop to our physical robots.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.
• Prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.

What This Job Offers

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