Full Stack Software Engineer

About Engineered Arts

Since 2004, Engineered Arts has been at the forefront of robotics, creating lifelike social humanoids that have captivated audiences worldwide. Our vision is to revolutionize the human experience through embodied AI, loved and trusted in every home.

1. Develop and maintain full-stack web applications
   • Write clean, efficient, and scalable code.
   • Build and enhance APIs for seamless front-end and back-end communication.
   • Ensure the reliability and performance of the back-end systems.
   • Maintain front-end frameworks (React/Typescript) to deliver an exceptional user experience.
2. Develop and maintain on-robot software systems
   • Build on-robot scripts and services to interact with both robot hardware and cloud services.
   • Maintain, enhance and debug Linux based robot software stack.
3. Collaborate with cross-functional teams
   • Work with product managers to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
   • Collaborate closely with other developers, embedded engineers, DevOps team and other internal stakeholders to deliver high quality, timely solutions.
   • Coach and support more junior developers.
4. Debug, maintain and extend the codebase
   • Debug and troubleshoot front-end, back-end and on-robot issues.
   • Implement feature requests and enhancements as per project requirements.
   • Ensure code maintainability, scalability, and testability.
   • Stay adaptable to new technology trends and quickly pivot when necessary.

Typical Position Interactions

• Head of Development
  • Aligning with project goals and team priorities.
  • Discussing architecture and future improvements to the tech stack.
• Product Manager
  • Collaborating on defining features and application workflows.
  • Providing technical insight on project feasibility.
• UI/UX Designers
  • Incorporating design guidelines to enhance front-end development.
  • Providing feedback on user experience and interface performance.
• DevOps and QA Teams
  • Ensuring deployment processes are streamlined and reliable.
  • Debugging, testing, and monitoring solutions in live environments.

Challenges

• Ensuring our cloud platform provides a smooth user experience while handling complex business logic.
• Ensuring robots function reliably and repeatably in their interaction with our cloud services and their local execution of associated behaviours.
• Working within an existing large and complex codebase.
• Working in a fast-paced environment with evolving project scopes.
• Achieving functional goals with the constraints of complex real-life hardware.

Opportunities

• Working at the forefront of the rapidly growing field of humanoid robotics.
• Working in a creative environment with highly skilled and committed colleagues.
• Work across a broad technical field with ample variety in tasks and opportunity to deepen your knowledge and experience in many areas.
• Working on a proven, commercially successful product consistently shipping units.
• Working on a modern Linux-based stack prioritizing performance and developer ergonomics over industry conventions.
• See the fruit of your labour! Interact with customers using our robots and see the wonder and joy of people reacting to robot behaviors you created.
• Gain guidance from experienced developers, designers, long-term customers and a mature yet fast-moving codebase.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Key Skills and Experience Essential:

• Experience with TypeScript and React for building dynamic, responsive front-end applications.
• Back-end development experience in Python, particularly with frameworks like Django or Flask, or equivalent experience in other back-end languages like Node.js with Express.
• Familiarity with Linux system development
• Familiarity with designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Experience with Git and collaborative version control practices.
• Experience in writing unit-tested, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of database systems such as PostgreSQL and MySQL; interaction via GraphQL.

Desirable:

• Experience building products with Large Language Models (LLMs) and integrating them into production environments.
• Experience developing in C++ and/or Rust
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, deployment, and release management.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and containerized application deployment.
• Experience working on real time systems such as video games or IoT installations.
• Exposure to embedded systems or hardware integration, with a focus on optimizing interactions between software and physical components.