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Robotics Software Engineer
Glacier
Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA · Remote
USD 140k-160k / year + Equity
Posted on Nov 4, 2025
Please note this is a hybrid role expected in office (SF) on Tues and Thurs.
At Glacier, we are taking on one of the world’s most pressing problems: trash. Did you know that in the US, we send over half of our recyclables to the landfill? We're hoping to fix that. In doing so, we’ll also be reducing carbon emissions, energy consumption, and depletion of natural resources.
Glacier builds custom sorting robots designed to sort apart recyclables as well as AI-powered business analytics that enable recyclers to superpower their plants and improve our society’s circularity. These two products together are helping to divert tons of recyclables (literally!) from landfills every day.
About us:
- Our founders come from Facebook engineering and Bain consulting.
- We’re backed by top-tier VCs with extensive technical and industry expertise.
- We have a fleet in production and a robust pipeline of upcoming deployments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with our software team on core software development for robotic systems, including motion planning, decision algorithms, database management, cloud infrastructure, and system architecture.
- Plan, write, review, and test code for robotic applications; participate in code reviews and design sessions; devise strategies to debug and generally improve the quality of our software.
- Project manage your own work and the work of other engineers around you; design roadmaps and timelines around metric-based goals.
- Partner with our founding team on the long-term product roadmap; we have lots of ideas for what waste-ending technology to build next, and we'd love to hear yours too!
What you Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or equivalent work experience
- 3+ years of professional experience designing and developing complex codebases for robotics or hardware systems
- Hands-on experience developing software for physical hardware systems (sensors, actuators, robotic arms, automation equipment, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to proactively manage the development of large portions of a codebase
- 3+ years of experience with Linux and coding with Python
- AWS familiarity (cloud infrastructure, serverless functions, databases, etc)
Nice to have
- Experience with C++
- Experience with ROS (Robot Operating System) or similar robotics frameworks
- Familiarity with computer vision or machine learning applications in robotics
Why Join Us?
- Mission-Driven Work – Be part of a company dedicated to sustainability and ending waste.
- Robotics Innovation – Build software that powers real-world robotics systems making a tangible environmental impact.
- Fast-Paced Growth – Help scale and optimize a cutting-edge robotics fleet in the recycling industry.
If you're excited about building robust software for deployed robotics systems and solving complex technical challenges at the intersection of hardware and software, we'd love to hear from you!
The total cash compensation range for this role is $140,000 - $160,000. In addition to cash compensation, Glacier also offers competitive equity compensation and benefits. The final compensation for this role will depend on many individualized factors, including job-related skills and knowledge, experience level, interview performance, and other factors.