Join Skild AI as a Senior Software Engineer to enhance robotics systems and collaborate on innovative projects.
Posted by employer 2 years ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 7 hours ago
Requirements
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer at Skild AI focuses on enhancing the performance and reliability of robotic systems through the design and maintenance of software infrastructure. Key skills include proficiency in languages like Python and C++, along with experience in system architecture and enterprise security. This position is ideal for candidates with at least three years of industry experience, particularly those with backgrounds in software or systems engineering. The team values diverse experiences and encourages innovative contributions to their cutting-edge projects.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Skild AI's careers page October 27, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for AI/ML roles (median ~$190,000).
- Starts above 5% of 258 comparable senior ai/ml roles that list Python we track (median $182,000 across 84 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 45% of 1073 comparable senior ai/ml roles; Linux appears in 2.3% of 1073 comparable senior ai/ml roles.
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Skild AI lists $100,000–$300,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Java, Linux, Python.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Skild AI targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure role at Skild AI.
From the original posting
Company Overview
Position Overview
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to enhance the performance, reliability, and maintainability of our cutting-edge robotics systems in deployment. You will design, implement, and maintain software systems for deployment in real-world robotic products. This role involves leading discussions and collaborating with machine learning, deployment, test, and security engineers to ensure seamless integration of our machine learning models into practical applications. You will also define technical roadmaps and drive product and system architecture direction.
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and maintain deployment software infrastructure and back-end services (e.g., model training infrastructure, AI developer tools, metrics dashboards).
- Lead teams to develop reliable software systems with robust testing, metrics, and logging mechanisms.
- Write and review code, develop documentation, create capacity plans, and debug on robot hardware.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical roadmaps and drive the direction of product and system architecture.
- Share an on-call rotation with the engineering team to ensure system reliability and quick issue resolution.
Preferred Qualifications
- BS, MS or higher degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of industry experience.
- Proficiency developing higher-level languages (e.g. Python, C++, or Java).
- Experience in configuration and maintenance of applications such as web servers, load balancers, relational databases, storage systems, and messaging systems.
- Knowledge of Linux OS fundamentals, memory management, and kernel.
- Experience learning software, frameworks, and APIs.
- Experience with enterprise security.
- Previous extensive work experience as a: Systems Engineer, Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Network Engineer, Systems Administrator, Linux Administrator, Database Administrator, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), or similar.
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