Cloud Robotics Software Engineer

Summary:

Do you have a passion for robotics? Do you want to code the future of one of the largest consumer robots company in the world? You will have a hand in developing the next generation of products that will live in millions of homes all across the world. As a pioneer in the robot industry, our goal is to drive innovation, serve as an industry catalyst and change the world by empowering people to do more. As a Cloud Robotics Software Engineer, you will design, prototype, and mature next-generation cloud solutions supporting connected consumer robot concepts and products. These solutions will be the foundation for key services and capabilities supporting iRobot’s connected products roadmap.

You will bring a unique combination of commercial cloud infrastructure services, services integration, web components, systems development, analytics, and security experience across different technology and platform stacks. Working closely with R&D, IT, and product development teams, you will be responsible for designing and developing solutions to support next generation cloud-enabled robotic products. Key for success in this role is a unique blend of technical skills, applications development and cloud infrastructure management, architecture mindset, and strong interpersonal communication skills.

Location: Bedford, MA or Pasadena, CA USA

Essential Functions/ Job Duties:

• Responsibilities center on systems design and development of cloud services supporting robotics products, with a focus on the Amazon AWS platform.
• Participate in the creation of next generation connected consumer robotics products developed at iRobot.
• Work closely with stakeholders across product management, engineering, IT, and R&D to identify cloud-based feature opportunities and translate them into prototype implementations for evaluation and characterization
• Contribute to the understanding of business impact around cloud-based services and features, including cost models, technical and architectural specifications, security considerations, etc.
• Implement secure development practices and ensure security at all application and data layers.

Qualifications:

• Experience designing and building solutions for distributed systems with a strong emphasis on scalability, availability and reliability
• Strong familiarity with PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS technologies and practices
• Experience with foundational cloud services for storage, computation, event processing, messaging, data processing, and analytics – AWS (preferred), Azure, Google, etc
• 5 years of software development with object-oriented languages like Java, C++, or Python
• Knowledge about APIs, RESTful services and integration with Cloud data providers
• Experience of JSON, XML and related notational data representations
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or related discipline
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills

About iRobot:

We are the leading global consumer robot company, designing and building robots that empower people to do more, both inside and outside of the home. Founded by MIT roboticists who had the vision of making practical robots a reality. To date, we have sold over 15 million robots and employ more than 500 of the robot industry’s best and brightest. iRobot is committed to fostering invention, discovery and technological exploration in the pursuit of practical and valuable robot products for the home. iRobot stock trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the ticker symbol IRBT.

Our corporate headquarters are located in Bedford, Massachusetts, accessible by our corporate shuttle directly from Alewife Station. The company also has offices in California, the United Kingdom, Japan, China & Hong Kong. Imagine the future you could help us build as a fellow iRoboteer! Check out #LifeAtiRobot and follow us on Instagram: @irobotcareers

iRobot is an “Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority / Female / Veteran / Disabled”