Sr Robotics Software Engineer, Amazon Robotics

Amazon Robotics is building a brand-new robotics manipulation platform, and we need a versatile software engineer to help bring it to life. In this role, you will own critical software components spanning robotics middleware, health monitoring, and fleet management — systems that must work reliably for a single robot and scale to fleets of thousands. You will work across a broad technology stack, from real-time C++ on the robot to full-stack web applications on AWS, while applying generative AI to automate and streamline operational workflows.

This is a greenfield opportunity where your architectural decisions will shape how Amazon's next generation of robotic systems operate. You will lead multi-engineer projects, influence technical direction across peer teams, and mentor junior engineers — all while writing exemplary code that sets the standard for your team. If you are a curious, adaptable engineer who thrives on solving hard problems across multiple technology domains, we would love to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, build, and own software components for robotics middleware, health monitoring, and fleet management that scale from individual robots to fleets of thousands.
• Lead the technical design and architecture of systems on a new robotics manipulation platform, balancing real-time performance constraints with long-term extensibility and maintainability.
• Collaborate with peer robotics, hardware, and operations teams to define interfaces, resolve cross-team dependencies, and ensure successful end-to-end delivery of integrated robotic systems.
• Apply generative AI tools and techniques to automate workflows, improve developer productivity, and accelerate the team's ability to iterate on new capabilities.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and hands-on guidance, raising the overall quality and engineering practices of the team.

A day in the life

You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, owning your projects from concept through production deployment. On a given day you might be writing real-time C++ for robot control in the morning, reviewing a teammate's AWS service design after lunch, and prototyping a generative AI workflow automation by end of day. You will regularly connect with stakeholders across peer robotics and operations teams to align on priorities, unblock dependencies, and share technical insights — while also carving out focused time for deep, heads-down engineering work.

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that assist you and eligible family members, including domestic partners. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

About the team

Our team is developing a new robotics manipulation platform at Amazon Robotics that aims to be as transformative as mobile robots have been for fulfillment operations. We are a 40+ person organization with a dedicated software group of 10+ engineers working alongside mechanical, electrical, and systems engineers. We value collaboration, technical rigor, and a willingness to experiment. As the platform grows, you will have the opportunity to scale systems that directly improve the customer experience and shape the future of robotic automation at Amazon.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Expert level skills in C++
• Experience working on software libraries and tools for building robot applications and/or communication middle-ware.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Experience with robotic motion control systems and algorithms.
• Experience with robotic operating environments like ROS.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, MA, North Reading - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually