Staff Software Engineer

Lab37•Los Angeles, CA

52d•$213,000 - $269,250•Onsite

About The Position

Lab37 Robotics is seeking a Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer to build the software platform that connects kitchen teams, cloud services, and robotic production systems. This role involves owning significant product and technical areas from definition through production, working across frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, integrations, and robot-adjacent interfaces. The engineer will partner closely with product, culinary, operations, robotics, firmware, and mechanical teams to translate ambiguous operational problems into reliable software. The position requires deep hands-on technical leadership, including shaping architecture, improving engineering quality, mentoring others, and contributing to the growth of the Los Angeles team.

Requirements

10+ years of strong software engineering experience, including ownership of complex systems or initiatives across multiple components.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical design and execution in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
Deep experience in at least one backend language; Go experience is valuable but not required.
Strong frontend engineering skills with modern TypeScript frameworks; Vue experience is helpful but not required.
Experience designing APIs, services, data models, and asynchronous or event-driven workflows.
Strong product judgment and the ability to translate real operational problems into simple, usable software.
A track record of improving architecture, reliability, testing, observability, or developer productivity.
Clear written and verbal communication, including design documents, technical proposals, operational playbooks, and cross-functional alignment.
Comfort working across boundaries and collaborating with both technical and non-technical partners.
Ability to mentor other engineers and influence technical direction without relying on formal authority.

Nice To Haves

AWS services, distributed systems, databases, queues, and cross-region architectures.
Docker, Kubernetes, Protobuf, Python, Terraform, Git, and continuous delivery systems.
Simulation environments, mocked or simulated backend services, and integration testing.
SQL, analytics platforms, operational dashboards, or data-intensive product development.
Software that interacts with hardware, robotics, logistics, manufacturing, fulfillment, or other physical operations.
Building internal tools or operational software used in high-availability, real-time environments.

Responsibilities

Own and deliver complex full-stack initiatives spanning user interfaces, backend services, cloud infrastructure, and external integrations.
Lead technical design and architecture for new capabilities, balancing speed, reliability, maintainability, and operational simplicity.
Partner directly with product, culinary, and operations teams to understand workflows, clarify requirements, and define pragmatic solutions.
Build software for configuring, observing, and managing kitchen operations, including order intake, menus, recipes, tasks, alerts, and performance visibility.
Integrate with delivery and commerce platforms to receive orders, synchronize menus, and communicate order state.
Create and integrate operator-facing and robot-adjacent interfaces used in physical production environments.
Work alongside firmware and robotics engineers to ensure cohesive system functionality.
Own projects through rollout and production support, including testing, observability, incident diagnosis, and iterative improvement.
Set a strong example through design reviews, code reviews, technical documentation, and thoughtful engineering tradeoffs.
Mentor engineers, improve development practices, and help establish the technical culture and standards of the Los Angeles team.
Contribute to hiring and technical calibration as the team grows.