Staff Software Engineer - Algorithms

Exol•Wilmington, MA

2d•$149,000 - $204,600•Hybrid

About The Position

Symbotic is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join their Software Engineering organization. This role involves developing scalable, high-performance software solutions for advanced automation, fulfillment, and material-flow systems. The engineer will work across multiple distributed services, developing production software and tackling complex optimization problems related to heuristics, graph-based algorithms, combinatorial optimization, bin packing, and sequencing. The position offers the chance to design and productize reliable software for coordinating automated workflows, optimizing inventory movement and consumption, and enhancing operational efficiency in large-scale automation environments. It also provides opportunities to influence architecture, scalability, performance, and maintainability, contributing to key engineering initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Minimum of 8 years of professional software development experience using C# and .NET.
Strong expertise in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), SOLID principles, and design patterns.
Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, and computational complexity analysis.
Proven experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant, and distributed systems.
Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance-tuning skills.
Experience with relational databases and SQL optimization.
Experience with source control systems such as Git.
Experience on SQL server (PL/SQL).
Hands-on problem solver with excellent software design and implementation skills.
Experience with Windows and Linux development.
Experience with developing unit tests and test automation frameworks.
Experience with source control software.
Should be comfortable with asynchronous or multithread programming.
Experience with cross platform .NET core development.

Responsibilities

Design and develop real-time distributed software for Automation systems.
Design software systems which are highly available & widely scalable.
Research, develop, and productize solutions for NP-Hard optimization problems using combinatorial optimization or other algorithms.
Demonstrate passion about building high quality software, love solving problems and facing new challenges.
Analyze a system of distributed software components using performance, profiling, and debugging tools.
Be a proactive communicator who enjoys working closely with creative and technical peers.
Work in a dynamic Agile/Scrum based environment.
Have opportunities to travel to customer sites.
Develop software application using microservice oriented architecture using technologies like .Net Core, Rabbit MQ, Open API and Kubernetes.