Software Engineer

Job Title: Software Engineer

Location: Remote

Duration: 6 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $87/hour

Job Type: W-2 Contract

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization : US-Citizen, H-1B, OPT-EAD, GC-EAD

Job Summary:

Responsibilities

• Build reliable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines using Python and Go across PostgreSQL and AWS/S3.
• Design systems for ingesting, indexing, transforming, validating, and serving large robotics datasets.
• Develop agentic and LLM-powered workflows for data quality, enrichment, automation, and research productivity with evaluations and guardrails.
• Improve performance, observability, correctness, and operational reliability across the platform.
• Work end-to-end: clarify requirements, make pragmatic design choices, implement, test, deploy, and iterate with users.

Qualifications

• Exceptional Software Engineering Fundamentals: Data structures, algorithms, systems, databases, and debugging.
• Backend / Data Systems Experience: Proven track record building substantial backend, data-intensive, or distributed systems (via internships, research, open source, or ambitious projects).
• Languages & Databases: Strong programming skills in at least one statically typed language (Go) alongside Python and SQL.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field (preferably from top systems programs like MIT, Stanford, CMU, Berkeley, UIUC, Waterloo, Georgia Tech, UT Austin, Princeton, Cornell). Demonstrated ability matters more than pedigree.

Skills

• Open Source & Research: Substantial contributions to respected open-source projects or systems/data research.
• AI / Workflows: Experience building useful agentic workflows with real evaluations.
• Ability to write clear, maintainable production code and reason carefully about reliability, performance, and data correctness.
• High ownership, intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and comfort moving quickly in an ambiguous environment.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, AWS/S3, ML platforms, or developer tools.
  

  Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.