Backend Software Engineer – Robotics Platform
Team: Engineering
Location: Charlestown, MA
Commitment: Full-Time
Workplace Type: hybrid
Pickle is looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join our autonomy team, focused on building scalable systems that support task planning and robotic workflows.
This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and robotics infrastructure. You’ll work closely with robotics engineers to design and build backend services that power real-world robotic systems.
We’re looking for a strong software engineer who cares deeply about code quality, system design, and performance—someone who can bring solid backend engineering practices into a robotics environment.
Responsibilities:
- Design and build backend services supporting task planning, autonomy, and frontend systems
- Develop scalable, reliable, and performant systems using Python (and C++ where needed)
- Contribute to system architecture and service design within the team
- Build and maintain event-driven systems and messaging-based architectures
- Collaborate closely with robotics engineers to integrate backend systems with real-world workflows
- Improve system performance, reliability, and maintainability across services
- Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to elevate engineering standards
Skills & Experience:
- 2-5 years of experience in backend or distributed systems engineering
- Strong programming experience in Python
- Experience with C++ or another strongly typed language (e.g., Rust, Go, Java)
- Strong understanding of software architecture, concurrency, and distributed system design
- Experience building or supporting event-driven systems, messaging frameworks, or service-oriented architectures
- Experience developing systems that interface with hardware, robotics, or real-world operational environments is a plus
- Experience building or supporting web applications using Flask or REST API
- Experience working across multiple programming languages
- Familiarity with distributed systems or microservices architectures
- Exposure to robotics, autonomy, or hardware-integrated systems
- Experience with messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, ROS, or similar)
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