Software Engineer, DevEx

Location: Palo Alto, CA (on-site)

About 1X

We're an AI and robotics company based in Palo Alto, California, on a mission to build a truly abundant society through general-purpose robots capable of performing any kind of work autonomously. We believe that to truly understand the world and grow in intelligence, humanoid robots must live and learn alongside us. That's why we're focused on developing friendly home robots designed to integrate seamlessly into everyday life. We're looking for curious, driven, and passionate people who want to help shape the future of robotics and AI. If this mission excites you, we'd be thrilled to hear from you and explore how you might contribute to our journey.

Role Overview

We're seeking a mid to senior-level DevOps Software Engineer to join our 45-person engineering team and help scale our robotics and AI infrastructure. In this role, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining the continuous integration and deployment systems that power our cutting-edge robotics development, ensuring our teams can rapidly iterate and deploy updates to our autonomous robot systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with software teams to design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines

• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability for our robotics workloads

• Lead release engineering efforts, coordinating software deployments across development, testing, and production environments

• Collaborate with development teams to streamline the software development lifecycle and reduce time-to-market

• Implement automated testing, monitoring, and alerting systems to ensure system reliability

• Participate in on-call rotations during Pacific Daylight Time to maintain 24/7 system availability

• Support release testing and QA processes to ensure high-quality software delivery

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand infrastructure needs and implement scalable solutions

• 3-5 years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related roles

• Strong expertise with CI/CD systems, particularly GitLab

• Solid experience with modern cloud infrastructure and services (AWS, GCP, Azure)

• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)

• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.)

• Understanding of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Release Engineering experience in high-tech or robotics environments

• Experience with Gitlab, CircleCI or other CI/CD platforms beyond GitLab

• Release testing and QA automation experience

• Knowledge of robotics or AI development workflows

• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)

• Understanding of network security and best practices

Benefits & Compensation

• Salary Range: $124,100 – $139,931

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) with company match

• Paid time off and holidays

Equal Opportunity Employer

1X is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Salary : $124,100 - $139,931