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About Nimble
Nimble is an AI robotics company building the autonomous supply chain to enable fast, efficient, and sustainable commerce. We're developing a general-purpose robot AI and a warehouse generalist superhumanoid robot, the first robot in the world capable of performing all core warehouse functions. We recently closed a $106M Series C at a $1B valuation,and we are continuing to grow our world-class team.
Mission: to empower and inspire mankind to accomplish legendary feats by inventing robots that liberate us from the menial.
Vision: invent the Autonomous Supply Chain - everything from the inside of factories and warehouses to your front door - powered by industry-generalist superhumanoids to deliver faster, more efficient, and more sustainable commerce.
Our founding team comes from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon and our board of directors include famed robotics and AI legends including Marc Raibert (founder of Boston Dynamics), Sebastian Thrun (founder of GoogleX, Waymo; Stanford Professor and considered the father of autonomous vehicles) and Fei-Fei Li (Chief Scientist of AI at Google and Director of Stanford's AI Lab).
Join us and leave your mark on the future of robotics, AI, and global commerce.
Link: Nimble Closes $106 Million Series C Funding Round, Scales Fully Autonomous Fulfillment with FedEx
Link: FedEx Announces Expansion of FedEx Fulfillment With Nimble Alliance
Why Join Nimble?
At Nimble, we are committed to building legendary products, a legendary team, and a legendary legacy. Join us and become part of an ambitious, humble, and resourceful culture where your work will leave a lasting impact on the future of robotics and commerce.
Nimble's Core Values:
Be relentlessly resourceful - Challenge conventions and overcome obstacles.
Be legendary - Be the very best and do work that inspires.
Be humble - Prioritize growth, learning, and doing whatever is needed to further the mission.
Be dependable - Take ownership and deliver with high agency.
The Role
As a Software Engineer on the Multi-Agent Systems team, you will design the algorithms and software that coordinate large fleets of robots operating in high-throughput, real-world warehouse environments. Your work will directly influence robot efficiency, safety, and the overall capacity and scalability of our intelligent fulfillment systems.
You will architect high-performance distributed robotics software, develop complex multi-robot planning and coordination capabilities, and build algorithm optimization that enables system robustness, reliability, and scale. This role blends advanced algorithm design with real-world production engineering - solving complex systems problems with concrete impact on warehouse throughput and robot performance.
If you enjoy building elegant, reliable systems that orchestrate dozens or hundreds of robots simultaneously, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
Architect Scalable Robotics Software
- Design and implement high-performance, maintainable, and fault-tolerant robotics software.
- Work independently across disciplines to diagnose issues, evaluate alternatives, and deliver robust technical solutions.
- Contribute to the architecture and evolution of Nimble's fleet management and multi-agent orchestration stack.
Develop Multi-Agent Robot Capabilities
- Build and improve algorithms for task planning and multi-agent path planning, as well as multi-robot and external system coordination to maximize warehouse throughput.
- Create features that drive increased automation across workflows like picking, packing, sorting, induction, and routing.
- Design optimization algorithms that break down orders and workloads into robot tasks while minimizing congestion and idle time.
Analytical System Approach
- Analyze real production performance data to understand emergent system behavior, uncover bottlenecks, and verify the impact of new features.
- Use quantitative insights to inform prioritization, algorithm design, and long-term system improvements.
Technical Ownership
- Drive feature areas end-to-end: algorithm design, implementation, testing, deployment, and performance validation.
- Own software infrastructure, continuous integration, production debugging, and on-call support for components you build.
- Participate in technical design reviews, documentation, and cross-functional alignment with hardware, operations, and cloud engineering teams.
- Help manage sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and feature launch coordination.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Robotics, Mathematics, or related field.
- Strong software engineering background with 2-4 years of experience building production systems.
- Proficiency with at least one systems programming language (Rust preferred; C++)
- Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and performance optimization.
- Ability to design and implement complex systems with high reliability and clarity.
- Demonstrated ability to work across a large codebase and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with multi-robot task planning, routing, or simulation systems.
- Knowledge of warehouse automation, logistics software, or large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience working with Rust.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, backend services, or event-driven architectures.
Additional Information
Compensation
The pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $140,000 and $210,000/year. Your exact offer may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to cash compensation, this position will also receive generous equity for this position.
Culture:
We embrace challenges and strive to make the impossible possible each day. We're not in this to do what's easy or to be mediocre. We want to create something legendary and leave our mark on the world. We're ambitious, we're gritty, we're humble and we're relentlessly resourceful in pursuit of our goals. If this sounds like you then you might be a great fit!
Nimble Robotics, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state, federal or local laws.
Nimble's Benefits
Unlimited Flexible Time Off
Enjoy the time you need to travel, rejuvenate, and connect with friends and family.
Health Insurance
Nimble provides medical, dental, and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family.
Paid Parental Leave
Enjoy paid bonding time following a birth.
Commuter Benefits
Take the stress out of commuting with access to fully-paid parking spots.
Referral Bonus
Get a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring.
401k
Contribute towards a 401k for retirement planning.
Equity
Be an owner in Nimble through our equity program