Staff Software Engineer, Applications

<p>Brain Corp is a San Diego, California, USA-based AI company creating transformative core technology for the robotics industry. Our purpose is to create autonomous technology that helps the real world work better. Brain's robotic and AI solutions help retailers ensure that the right product is on the right shelf at the right price, in a clean environment. Through the BrainOS® Robotics Platform, which powers the largest global fleet of the Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in operation in commercial public spaces, Brain Corp delivers insightful and efficient automated solutions in both commercial floor cleaning and inventory management, empowering organizations and their employees to achieve more. Brain Corp currently powers more than 30,000 AMRs, representing the largest fleet of its kind in the world. Brain Corp is funded by the SoftBank Vision Fund, Clearbridge, and Qualcomm Ventures.</p> <p>Named a top workplace by the San Diego Union Tribune and USA today in 2025, we make life-changing impacts through innovation, helping workers globally unlock their abilities in orchestration with intelligent machines.</p> <p><strong>Position Overview:</strong></p> <p>The Staff Software Engineer plays a key role for the Software Engineering Applications team, leading the development for our in-house robot software applications. With a strong technical acumen and an excellent background in Python and C++ development, you will help lead a team of committed engineers to build interfaces and workflows, integrate state-of-the-art autonomy features, and deploy robust, safe, and scalable software application solutions for our next generation of products. You will identify performance bottlenecks, coordinate with cross-functional teams on simulation and control, and prioritize projects and tasks for the benefit of our end customers.</p> <p><strong>Essential Job Functions:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Define, architect, and develop our in-house robot software applications</li> <li>Serve as a technical lead by mentoring junior engineers, providing high-quality feedback on designs and code reviews, and driving technical excellence through clean, reusable code</li> <li>Proactively identify and communicate technical risks, provide clear project status updates, and continuously improve software development processes</li> <li>Drive impact as a significant code contributor, developing extensible, maintainable, and scalable application value for robots deployed worldwide</li> <li>Improve software application performance through profiling, debugging, and testing</li> <li>Support integration of state-of-the-art autonomy features (deep learning models and pipelines, state-of-the-art mapping, perception, and motion planning algorithms)</li> <li>Take ownership and initiative for improving the quality of the software applications and architectures</li> <li>Work across disciplines (Hardware, Firmware, Cloud), coordinate multiple initiatives, and architect efficient and reusable solutions for various robot product lines</li> </ul> <p><strong>Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:</strong></p> <ul> <li>BS or MS in Computer Science or related engineering discipline</li> <li>7-8+ years of demonstrated experience in software development for complex systems interacting with sensors inputs or control-loops</li> <li>1-2+ years of demonstrated software technical leadership experience</li> <li>Experience writing Python applications and knowledge of Python constructs and internals</li> </ul> <p><strong>Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Demonstrated high proficiency with Python and C++ production-level coding&