# Systems Engineer - Company: [Deft Ai]() - Location: San Francisco - Team: Science & Engineering - Employment type: Full Time - Salary: $100K – $200K - Posted: April 15, 2026 ## Job description **What You'll Do** ● Develop and maintain core software infrastructure supporting the robot data collection stack. ● Improve reliability and performance across the robotics software stack by diagnosing system bottlenecks and failure modes. ● Implement and maintain software libraries and device drivers for new sensor suites and in-house hardware modules. ● Contribute to systems that support safe robot operation, including monitoring, detection, and guardrails to prevent unsafe interactions. ● Develop testing infrastructure for robotics software, including unit, integration, and regression testing frameworks. ● Build the observability layer for robotic systems, including telemetry, logging, and diagnostics. ● Design and implement fleet management infrastructure, including robot health monitoring, software updates, staged rollouts, and rollback mechanisms. **Required Qualifications** ● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. ● Strong programming experience in C/C++ and familiarity with Python. ● Experience developing software for Linux-based systems, including multi-threaded programming, memory management, and performance optimization. ● Experience diagnosing and resolving reliability or performance issues in complex software systems. ● Experience working with hardware–software interfaces, such as sensors, embedded devices, or networking hardware. ● Strong understanding of systems fundamentals, including operating systems, networking, and concurrent programming. ● Ability to design and implement reliable systems that interact with hardware and real-world environments. **Preferred Qualifications** ● Experience developing production software for robotics systems or other hardware-interfacing platforms. ● Experience working with embedded or edge computing environments. ● Experience with Linux systems internals, including kernel development, driver development, or low-level performance profiling. ● Experience designing or operating distributed systems or cloud infrastructure. ● Experience building systems for monitoring, observability, or remote diagnostics in deployed environments. ● Experience working with embedded Linux build systems such as Yocto or similar tools. ● Evidence of building or contributing to complex systems projects, such as open-source infrastructure, research systems, or publications at top systems venues. **Hiring Process** ● Phone screen + 3 virtual technical interviews + onsite **Expected Compensation** ● $100,000 - $200,000 annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits ● The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended. ## Apply [Apply on Deft Ai]() Canonical job page: