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Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Fleet Management

190k – 259kNew York, NYBackend EngineeringHybrid
Summary

Builds and scales backend services, full-stack features, and infrastructure for managing fleets of machines, including configuration, deployment, logs, authentication, and billing. Owns end-to-end systems in distributed environments using Golang, Svelte, MongoDB, and gRPC.

About the role

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.

Compensation

The salary for this role is between $190,000 - $259,000/year.

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
  • Paid parental leave
  • Reproductive Health Benefits
  • Yearly Learning and Development Budget
Skills
GolangSvelteTypeScriptMongoDBgRPCAPIsDistributed SystemsCloudAuthenticationBilling Systems
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