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Senior Software Engineer, Applications

Berkshire Grey

Berkshire Grey

Software Engineering, IT
Bedford, MA, USA
Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2024

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a closely related field.
  • 2+ years of experience in software development.
  • Proficiency in Python.
  • Experience in a fast paced, agile environment.
  • Ability to:
    • Collaborate with a team on software projects
    • Navigate and contribute to large, complex codebases
    • Participate in code reviews and apply design patterns effectively
    • Employ MVP mentality, prioritizing functionality and going from simple to complex
  • Proficient in:
    • Python
    • System design
    • Asynchronous / Concurrent programming.
    • Git
    • Jira
    • Ubuntu
    • Code reviews
    • Design patterns (producer-consumer, modular and configurable, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Exposure to robotics or a keen interest in the robotics field.
  • Familiarity with the material handling industry.
  • Understanding of parallel/distributed systems.
  • Basic data analysis (logging, profiling, statics, pandas)
  • Experience with:
    • Documenting code clearly
    • Using key-value stores (ZooKeeper)
    • Writing software tests (pytest)
    • Managing processes and containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
    • Basic knowledge of robot simulation, visualization
    • Experience with real sensors, robots
    • Developing APIs.
    • Developing RESTful, and/or gRPC services/clients.
    • Robotic Operation System (ROS2).
    • NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB).

About The Job

Berkshire Grey is a leader in the field of AI and robotics, providing innovative solutions for e-commerce, retail replenishment, and logistics. Our technology automates complex pick, pack, and sort operations.

As a Software Engineer, Applications, you will develop and enhance software that powers our cutting-edge robotic solutions. The robotic application development involves high-level logic that controls the systems and ties everything together. You will be solving a variety of robotic problems including software behaviors and systems intelligence.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and support advanced robotic application software deployed in production environments.
  • Design, prototype, implement, test, and maintain software that integrates and enhances robotic capabilities to reliably deliver and perform complex robotic tasks.
  • Work closely with hardware engineers, product managers, and other software teams to integrate capabilities into our broader robotic systems.
  • Communicate technical progress and collaboratively problem solve.

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