Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Fleet Management

What You'll Own

Engineers on this team own systems end-to-end, from architecture and implementation through production operation. As the number of machines and developers using Viam grows, the team is focused on evolving the architecture that allows fleets of machines to be managed reliably at scale.

As a Senior or Staff Engineer, you’ll help raise the engineering bar through architecture discussions, mentorship, and guidance on complex projects.

Examples of work in this role include:

• designing and building backend services that manage machine configuration and fleet state
• developing full-stack features across APIs, databases, and web applications used to operate machines
• building systems that deploy configuration and software updates across fleets of machines
• evolving authentication and permissions systems used across the Viam platform
• building infrastructure for storing and retrieving logs uploaded from deployed machines
• improving the systems that track machine usage and power Viam’s billing platform
• shaping architecture decisions that help the fleet platform scale as deployments grow

What You Bring

We’re looking for an experienced engineer who enjoys owning systems end-to-end and shipping production software.

You may have experience:

• building production systems in distributed or cloud environments
• designing APIs and backend services that operate reliably at scale
• debugging complex distributed systems or production services
• working across teams to improve shared platform capabilities, developer tooling, or user-facing systems
• making sound technical tradeoffs as systems and architecture evolve

Experience with robotics or IoT is not required.

How We Work

Our culture emphasizes ownership, curiosity, and decisive execution.

This space has brand new challenges and we all have an appetite to learn Good work in production beats perfect work in review We know that the best teams help each other succeed through feedback

We know great engineers come from many backgrounds. If you're excited about the challenges we’re solving, we encourage you to apply.

Compensation

The salary for this role is between $190,000 - 235,000 /year.

Viam’s base salary range for this role is posted above. In addition to cash compensation, Viam offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants, health benefits, and more.

Full-time Benefits

• 100% covered medical/dental/vision insurance plans, commuter benefits
• 25 days paid vacation and generous holiday observances
• Free lunch every day that you’re in the office
• One Medical Membership
• Citi Bike memberships
• Monthly wellness stipend to be used for a variety of fitness-related items like gym memberships, fitness classes, fitness equipment, and more
• Paid parental leave
• Reproductive Health Benefits, including Fertility Benefits and Abortion Access Travel Benefits
• Yearly Learning and Development Budget for your own personal learning goals