Senior Software Engineer
Path Robotics
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Description
Build the Path Forward
At Path Robotics, we’re attacking a trillion dollar opportunity - doing things that have never been done before to support an industry hurting from a lack of skilled labor. Big, hard problems are what Path tackles every day, and our people are our greatest asset to get that job done. Our intelligent, hardworking team of people do the impossible every single day, yet remain incredibly kind, humble, and always ready to support one another.
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to be the architect and caretaker of our codebase, building the systems and tools that make it easy for our ML, CV, and robotics engineers to explore ideas and turn them into production-grade solutions. You’ll work closely with our research teams and our data platform team — leveraging their data and ML infrastructure expertise — while focusing on creating a robust, scalable, and developer-friendly foundation.
What You’ll Do
- Architect production-grade Python systems that make experimentation, prototyping, and deployment fast, reliable, and low-friction for research teams.
- Lead engineering best practices around code quality, testing, modularity, and documentation to keep our codebase clean and maintainable.
- Build internal tooling, APIs, and libraries that abstract away infrastructure complexity so researchers can focus on solving ML, CV, and robotics problems.
- Collaborate with the data platform team to integrate data processing, training, and inference capabilities — without owning those pipelines end-to-end.
- Design CI/CD workflows for research-heavy Python projects to ensure smooth transition from prototype to production.
- Act as a technical lead within the research team, making key engineering decisions and mentoring others in writing high-quality, maintainable code.
Who You Are
- Strong background in software architecture and large-scale backend development in any language (C#, Java, Python, etc)
- Have experience building developer tools, frameworks, or platforms for technical teams.
- Proven experience with cloud-based development, including designing and managing data storage, persistence, and secure access in cloud environments, and integrating on-premises infrastructure with cloud services.
- Excited to learn ML/CV/robotics workflows well enough to support them — but your superpower is building great software, not tuning models.
- Thrive in collaborative environments where you’re a bridge between research and production.
Team Player:
- Startup Energizer: The idea of joining a growing venture-backed startup excites you because you know your work will have an immediate and significant impact.
- Collaboration Champion: You thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with others to achieve common goals and drive success.
- Mentorship Minded: You are passionate about helping peers, fostering best practices, and promoting continuous improvement within the team.
- Quality Advocate: You are dedicated to maintaining high standards of quality, shipping reliable and high-quality code that you can be proud of, knowing that good quality also enables fast delivery.
Why You'll Love It Here
- Free lunch every day
- Flexible PTO
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- 6 weeks 100% paid parental leave plus an additional 6-8 weeks maternity leave for the birthing parent (12-14 weeks total)
- 401K through Empower
- Paid Referral Bonus
Who We Are
Benefits
- Free lunch every day
- Flexible PTO
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- 6 weeks 100% paid parental leave plus an additional 6-8 weeks maternity leave for the birthing parent (12-14 weeks total)
- 401K through Empower
- Paid Referral Bonus
About this role
Path Robotics is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own the software architecture that enables their research teams—focused on ML, computer vision, and robotics—to move rapidly from experimentation to production. You'd be responsible for designing and maintaining Python-based systems, building internal tools and APIs that hide infrastructure complexity, establishing engineering best practices around testing and documentation, and designing CI/CD workflows that support a research-heavy development cycle. This is fundamentally a role about creating a developer-friendly foundation rather than building the ML models or robotics solutions themselves.
You should have substantial experience in backend systems and software architecture, ideally from large-scale projects in any major language. The role specifically values people who've built developer tools or platforms for technical teams and have hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure—designing data storage, managing persistence, and integrating on-premises systems with cloud services. While you don't need deep expertise in machine learning or robotics, you need genuine interest in understanding those workflows well enough to support them effectively.
Path is a venture-backed startup in Columbus tackling labor shortages in manufacturing through robotics. They emphasize collaboration between research and production engineering, mentorship, and code quality. The position is in-office and includes standard startup benefits: free lunch, flexible PTO, health insurance, six weeks paid parental leave, and a 401K match.
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