Senior Staff Software Engineer, Central Software
Bostondynamics Open · verified Oct 24, 2026 At a glance
Senior Engineering Leadership role at Bostondynamics. Waltham Office · full-time · $150,000–$190,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build end-to-end features that move data through processing and into user-facing screens and visualizations
- Keep cloud-based distributed systems reliable by finding issues and improving performance
- Create reusable applications and libraries with input from the people who use them
- Shape core software components around product needs and the broader system design
- Coordinate delivery with teammates, share progress, and help other contributors build their skills
What you bring
- At least seven years delivering full-stack software to end users, or equivalent experience
- A technical bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or another related area
- Backend development experience with a listed language and database, plus building data pipelines with Airflow
- Practical Docker and Kubernetes experience, alongside REST API, gRPC or microservice design skills
- You can work in the United States; visa sponsorship is unavailable
Who this fits
This senior staff role suits an experienced full-stack engineer comfortable spanning cloud services, data pipelines, and user interfaces. You’ll also mentor peers and coordinate work across contributors. The position is based at the Waltham office, and applicants must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
From the employer
The Boston Dynamics Central Software (CSW) team is seeking a creative and passionate Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our dynamic and collaborative team. If you enjoy learning new technologies and are driven to improve the lives of your team members, this role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Central Software Cloud Engineering team, you will be instrumental in developing cloud-based services and solutions that are used across our company and integrated into our cutting-edge robots. Your responsibilities will span the full technology stack, from building robust back-end infrastructure and data processing pipelines to crafting intuitive front-end interfaces and data visualizations. The solutions you develop will focus on delivering seamless end-user experiences and expanding the reach and capabilities of our world-leading mobile robots.
Day-to-Day Activities:
- Build comprehensive full-stack features, encompassing data processing and presentation.
- Optimize and debug cloud-based distributed systems.
- Design and implement well-structured, reusable applications and libraries, collaborating closely with end-users to ensure their needs are met.
- Architect core software components that effectively address product requirements and contribute to the overall system design.
- Participate in our agile development process, coordinating work with others, identifying challenges, and communicating progress regularly.
- Mentor and upskill peers and other contributors across the organization.
Desired Skills:
- Experience with back-end server development using languages such as NodeJS, Python, C++, Go, or Rust and databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, BigQuery).
- Experience designing, building, and maintaining robust ETL/ELT pipelines for processing large-scale telemetry, operational logs, and sensor data streams from distributed systems and robotics fleets, using Airflow.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes (cloud-managed and self-hosted) for deploying and scaling distributed services
- Strong expertise in designing and implementing REST APIs, gRPC, and microservice architectures.
- Working knowledge of cloud security fundamentals, including secrets management, RBAC, service account governance, and network security.
- Familiarity with Git version control and a comfortable working proficiency in a Linux development environment.
- Bachelor’s in Engineering, Computer Science, or other technical areas with 7+ years of professional experience in delivering full-stack software solutions to end-users or equivalent experience.
- Robotics experience is a plus.
We are interested in all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position.
The base pay range for this position is between $150,000 to $190,000 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and an annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.
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