Lead Software Engineer

Senior Software EngineerDroyd builds autonomous robots for data center operations — GPU repairs, precision cabling, SSD replacements — solving genuinely hard dexterous tasks in controlled industrial environments. The company is building a 6-DOF robotic arm on a mobile base that automates routine tasks in data centers, with a vertically integrated hardware and software stack.Backed by Lux, Refactor, and Ravelin with $3.4M raised, Droyd is a team of 12 engineers. The code you write ships directly to deployed robots.Droyd is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build the Rust services, real-time streaming pipelines, and fleet infrastructure that connect models to motors. This is a generalist role — problems come up as they come up, and the team wants someone with a top-down problem-solving mindset rather than a narrow niche focus. You will own your systems end-to-end and ship code that runs on deployed robots in live data centers.What You'll DoBuild and maintain the core Rust codebase powering Droyd's robotic systems, from inverse kinematic solvers to real-time control loops and fleet infrastructureDevelop and improve the teleop system (currently built on Meta Quest controllers) that enables remote robot operation and scalable data collectionWork on firmware and low-level systems to improve robot stability, reliability, and performanceIntegrate sensors, cameras, and hardware systems across the full robot stack, working closely with firmware and mechanical engineering teamsTake ownership of problems as they arise: streaming pipelines, ROS2 integrations, hardware control interfaces, data collection infrastructure, and moreContribute to the software cleanup and hardening needed to deploy into live data centersYou Should Have3+ years of software engineering experience, ideally on systems that run on real hardwareStrong Rust or C++ skills for real-time or embedded systemsComfort working across the full stack — from firmware and hardware interfaces up to fleet infrastructure and data pipelinesA top-down problem-solving mindset; you can take an ambiguous problem and drive it to a working systemWillingness to own systems end-to-end with no handoffsNice to HaveExperience with ROS2 or similar robotics middlewareBackground in teleop systems, real-time control, or robot kinematicsExperience working in production robotics or industrial automation environments