Exceptional Software Engineer
Required skills
- software engineering
- data infrastructure
- services
- pipelines
- APIs
- internal platform
- distributed systems
- compilers
- large-scale backend
- training infrastructure
Nice to have
- robotics
- physical intelligence
- AI
- generalization
- real-world performance
Role summary
Dyna Robotics is seeking an exceptional Software Engineer to work on challenging problems in their proprietary embodied AI foundation model for general-purpose robots. The role involves hands-on work across data infrastructure, services, pipelines, APIs, deployment, and the internal platform, with a focus on moving models from training to production rapidly. The ideal candidate is passionate about physical intelligence, possesses strong software engineering skills, and thrives in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment where ownership and clear communication are paramount. Prior experience in robotics is a plus, but backgrounds in distributed systems, compilers, and large-scale backend or training infrastructure are highly valued.
Dyna Robotics builds general-purpose robots powered by a proprietary embodied AI foundation model with top-in-industry generalization and real-world performance. Already deployed with customers across multiple industries, our robots do commercial-grade work in the physical world. Our team comes from Google DeepMind, Meta, and Cruise, and we're backed by CRV, First Round, and other leading investors.
All engineering roles are full-time and on-site position in Redwood City.
What You’ll Do
Hardest Problems: You’ll work on whatever is currently the hardest problem in the software that carries our models from training to production: data infrastructure, services, pipelines, APIs, deployment, and the internal platform our researchers and operators depend on.
Flexible Scope: Scope is set by what’s blocking, not by a team boundary. Expect to move between problems.
Defined First Project: You’ll know your first project before you accept an offer.
Real-World Impact: Your work reaches a real robot doing a real job in days or weeks, not quarters.
What You’ll Bring
Mission Alignment: You believe physical intelligence is the most important unsolved problem in AI, and that it gets solved by shipping into the messy real world rather than by waiting for a cleaner simulator.
Engineering Excellence: You are an exceptional engineer by any measure of software engineering.
Resilience: You have a high tolerance for ambiguity and the resilience to keep making progress when the problem, the requirements, or the data change underneath you.
Ownership: You take pride in your work and want to be measured on it.
Background: Prior robotics experience is welcome but not required. Several of our strongest engineers came from distributed systems, compilers, and large-scale backend or training infrastructure.
At Dyna Robotics, we build technology for the real world, which requires a team as diverse as the environments our robots inhabit. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to technical rigor and mutual respect.
Don’t let a checklist stop you. Data shows that underrepresented groups often only apply if they meet 100% of the criteria. We value problem-solving and grit over keyword matching. If you’re passionate about robotics, no matter your discipline, we want to hear from you, even if you don't check every box.
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