# Software Engineer at Pivot Robotics

Software Engineer at Pivot Robotics in San Francisco. On-site, full-time. Posted January 12, 2026.

- Company: Pivot Robotics
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-01-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pivotrobotics/75fa67bb-a087-47d4-aa5c-3aec0a17f1b1/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/software-engineer-pivot-robotics-05rv2y

## Requirements

- B.S. in Computer Science or a related engineering field
- Strong software engineering experience, especially in Python
- Experience designing and maintaining complex software systems (services, libraries, APIs, or pipelines)
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and systems design
- Proficiency with Git, debugging, testing frameworks, and modern development workflows
- Ability to work independently on ambiguous problems in a fast-paced environment
- Due to U.S. export control regulations (ITAR), this position is limited to U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents)

## Description

### Responsibilities

- Design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable software systems for production automation

- Build core libraries and services supporting motion planning, control, and perception pipelines

- Architect clean interfaces between software components and hardware-facing systems

- Develop vision and sensor-integration software that feeds downstream planning and control stacks

- Optimize software for performance, reliability, and deterministic behavior where required

- Write high-quality, testable Python code with strong emphasis on readability, correctness, and maintainability

- Own software engineering best practices: code reviews, testing strategies, CI/CD, and release processes

- Build simulation, testing, and tooling infrastructure to validate behavior prior to deployment

- Collaborate with robotics, controls, and hardware engineers to translate system requirements into well-defined software abstractions

- Contribute to architectural decisions as the software platform scales across customers and deployments

### Minimum Qualifications

- B.S. in Computer Science or a related engineering field

- Strong software engineering experience, especially in Python

- Experience designing and maintaining complex software systems (services, libraries, APIs, or pipelines)

- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and systems design

- Proficiency with Git, debugging, testing frameworks, and modern development workflows

- Ability to work independently on ambiguous problems in a fast-paced environment

- Due to U.S. export control regulations (ITAR), this position is limited to U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents)

### Optional Qualifications

- M.S. in Computer Science or a related field

- Experience working on systems that interact with hardware, real-time constraints, or external devices

- Familiarity with robotics, motion planning, control systems, or computer vision (helpful but not required)

- Experience with ROS or similar middleware

- Knowledge of performance optimization, concurrency, or distributed systems

- Experience deploying software to edge, embedded, or hybrid cloud environments