Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Fleet Management

About Viam

Founded by Eliot Horowitz, co-founder and former CTO of MongoDB, Viam is a novel robotics engineering platform that lets you configure, control, and manage robots intuitively and quickly. We’re inspiring a generation of engineers to solve complicated automation problems with our uniquely powerful suite of software tools.

We’re a ~100-person company headquartered in New York City.

The Engineering Challenge

Building software for machines introduces challenges that traditional software systems rarely face. Devices operate in real-world environments, networks are unreliable, and software must interact with hardware, sensors, and real-time data.

At Viam, engineers build the platform and tools that make those machines programmable, observable, and manageable at scale.

About the Team

New York City (Hybrid — 3+ days per week in office)

The Fleet Management team builds the control plane for machines running on Viam — the cloud systems and web applications that allow developers to configure devices, deploy software across fleets, and operate machines at scale.

The team owns the lifecycle of machine configuration and software running on those devices, along with the platform infrastructure that supports it — including authentication and permissions, machine logs uploaded from deployed devices, and the usage tracking behind Viam’s billing systems.

Our work sits at the intersection of product engineering and platform infrastructure. Engineers on this team build systems developers interact with directly while also evolving the backend architecture that supports machines operating in the real world.

The stack includes Golang backend services, modern web applications (Svelte / Typescript), MongoDB, and gRPC APIs.

What You'll Own

Engineers on this team own systems end-to-end, from architecture and implementation through production operation. As the number of machines and developers using Viam grows, the team is focused on evolving the architecture that allows fleets of machines to be managed reliably at scale.

As a Senior or Staff Engineer, you’ll help raise the engineering bar through architecture discussions, mentorship, and guidance on complex projects.

Examples of work in this role include:

designing and building backend services that manage machine configuration and fleet state

developing full-stack features across APIs, databases, and web applications used to operate machines

building systems that deploy configuration and software updates across fleets of machines

evolving authentication and permissions systems used across the Viam platform

building infrastructure for storing and retrieving logs uploaded from deployed machines

improving the systems that track machine usage and power Viam’s billing platform

shaping architecture decisions that help the fleet platform scale as deployments grow

What You Bring

We’re looking for an experienced engineer who enjoys owning systems end-to-end and shipping production software.

You may have experience:

building production systems in distributed or cloud environments

designing APIs and backend services that operate reliably at scale

debugging complex distributed systems or production services

working across teams to improve shared platform capabilities, developer tooling, or user-facing systems

making sound technical tradeoffs as systems and architecture evolve

Experience with robotics or IoT is not required.

How We Work

Our culture emphasizes ownership, curiosity, and decisive execution.

This space has brand new challenges and we all have an appetite to learn

Good work in production beats perfect work in review

We know that the best teams help each other succeed through feedback

We know great engineers come from many backgrounds. If you're excited about the challenges we’re solving, we encourage you to apply. The salary for this role is between $ 190,000 - 235,000 /year. Full-time Benefits

Viam’s base salary range for this role is posted above. In addition to cash compensation, Viam offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants, health benefits, and more.

100% covered medical/dental/vision insurance plans, commuter benefits

25 days paid vacation and generous holiday observances

Free lunch every day that you’re in the office

One Medical Membership

Citi Bike memberships

Monthly wellness stipend to be used for a variety of fitness-related items like gym memberships, fitness classes, fitness equipment, and more

Paid parental leave

Reproductive Health Benefits, including Fertility Benefits and Abortion Access Travel Benefits

Yearly Learning and Development Budget for your own personal learning goals

Values:

Vision Driven

Collaborate Openly

Act Decisively

Succeed Through Diversity

Hold Ourselves Accountable

Lead with Curiosity

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