Osaro

Backend Software Engineer

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San Francisco, CA, USA

In-Office

135K-165K Annually

Junior

Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Software

The Role

Develop backend infrastructure, data pipelines, web services, and fleet-management systems for autonomous industrial robots. Responsibilities include designing data stores for video and training data, supporting machine-learning compute clusters, maintaining customer-facing services, and diagnosing network issues. The role partners with machine learning, robot control, and DevOps teams and requires Python, distributed systems, databases, Linux, networking, and scalable data-processing experience.

Summary Generated by Built In

We are searching for a Backend Software Engineer to help us develop AI-based autonomous industrial robotic solutions and integrate them with our customers’ complex software management environments. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and deploy the critical infrastructure needed to support a range of industrial automation applications. In this role, you will partner with the Machine Learning, Robot Control Software, and DevOps teams to craft an efficient software platform and data pipeline that supports our core backend systems.

At OSARO we develop solutions to endow industrial robots with the level of autonomy needed to perform an unprecedented variety of complex pick and place tasks leveraging sophisticated robot control and neural network-based perception algorithms. You are passionate about what you build, you feel a strong sense of ownership, and you love dynamic challenges. You care deeply about your team, you’re direct and you believe in doing what you say.

What You'll be Doing

You will contribute to a variety of projects from diagnosing network bottlenecks to helping design, build, and improve our data stores of thousands of hours of video and training data
You will design and implement backend systems to manage our growing fleet of autonomous robots
You will build and support compute clusters for training our machine learning models
You will develop and maintain the backend for internal and customer-facing web services.

Experience and Skills You'll Need

BS or MS in Computer Science and 1-3 years of relevant experience
Strong knowledge of distributed computing and systems design
Experience programming in Python
Working knowledge of shell scripting, Linux system administration and debugging, and backend automation frameworks
Good knowledge of databases (relational and otherwise) and experience with building and managing data processing pipelines at scale
Knowledge of fundamental networking concepts and ability to debug and diagnose network issues
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required (we do sponsor H1B transfer).

Technologies We Use

TensorFlow
Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Helm
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, BigQuery
Flask, Django, React
Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack
GRPC, Avro
OAuth, LDAP
NFS, Ceph, S3
CI & CD platforms
Prometheus, CollectD, Grafana
OpenVPN, IPSec, Wireguard

Bonus if you have

Experience working with large data sources and preprocessing data
Experience with managing clusters on major cloud providers (AWS, GCP)
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

More About OSARO

OSARO is a San Francisco-based startup company applying deep learning technology to next-generation robotics applications. Some of Silicon Valley’s leading investors, including Peter Thiel, Jerry Yang, and Scott Banister have backed OSARO. Our vision is to build brains for robots on an industrial scale and we are excited and driven to see the results of our efforts operating in and interacting with the real world. We implement state-of-the-art techniques but constantly strive to build the simplest possible solution. OSARO is technique agnostic and always focused on the goal. We regularly review academic literature and techniques while steering clear of the hype. We’re focused on delighting our customers with systems that work like magic.

We have a highly international team made up of expert machine learning practitioners and dedicated software and hardware engineers which match well with the global nature of our business. We are naturally curious, love healthy debate, and respect varying points of view. At OSARO, we strive to be champions for equality. We believe we can serve as a model for diversity in the tech industry by emphasizing policies of nondiscrimination and inclusion at every step.

We are an equal opportunity employer offering

- Health, dental, vision, and commuter benefits

- Generous vacation time

- Excellent paid parental leave policy with the option for additional reduced and unpaid leave

- The chance to work with robots in a dog friendly office!

The above full-time position is available immediately. You should be willing to move to the SF Bay Area. We do not work with recruiters.

Skills Required

BS or MS in Computer Science
1-3 years of relevant experience
Strong knowledge of distributed computing and systems design
Experience programming in Python
Working knowledge of shell scripting, Linux system administration and debugging, and backend automation frameworks
Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases
Experience building and managing data processing pipelines at scale
Knowledge of fundamental networking concepts and ability to diagnose network issues
Legal authorization to work in the United States
Experience working with large data sources and preprocessing data
Experience managing clusters on AWS or GCP
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

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The Company

HQ: San Francisco, CA

69 Employees

Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

OSARO is AI for industrial automation. In essence, OSARO’s software enables industrial robots to perform diverse tasks in a wide range of environments. OSARO is transitioning the industry from static robotic systems into dynamic solutions. PRODUCTS OSARO Pick is a full suite of machine-learning software, which automates piece picking for distribution centers. Our proprietary system recognizes objects and controls the movement during the picking process. OSARO Vision is a stand alone solution that recognizes products for factory automation. OSARO Vision is an application of flexible software that can be integrated into any robotic system and licensed to large providers and/or their subcontractors. The demand for warehouse automation technology is increasing due to the convergence of several factors: the rapid shift to a competitive online shopping business, high capital costs coupled with growing labor shortages around fulfillment centers worldwide, and the acknowledgement of the maturity of technology to safely and cost-effectively create and sustain smart factories. Our markets are global and include e-commerce fulfillment and materials handling ($180B market); industrial robotics ($20B market); retail, health and beauty products, apparel, electronics and we are testing applications in the food processing and distribution industry, as well as automotive assembly - trillion dollar markets. Our business model is to work directly with warehouse technology providers to accelerate systems integration. And, as we are a software provider, once the robotic hardware is procured, our vision and control systems can be up and running in hours. OSARO employs a diverse & talented team of experts in the specialized field of machine and deep learning. Our core values are integrity, responsibility, focus on continuous learning, speed and determination and kirei, a Japanese kanji meaning brilliant. Our team is dedicated to building these core values into our products.