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Staff Full Stack Software Engineer- Orbit Platform

Boston Dynamics
Waltham, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/25/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/23/2026
As a Full-Stack Software Engineer on the Orbit Platform team at Boston Dynamics, you will build core features for Orbit - the orchestration and intelligence software for all of Boston Dynamics’ robots. In this role, you will be part of the software platform team that works closely with product managers on key Orbit features, as well as developers across Spot, Atlas, and Stretch software teams that build upon platform features. Potential projects include platform capabilities for agentic applications, multi-robot fleet management features, application lifecycle management solutions, and scaling cloud infrastructure and operations.

If you are driven by building high-quality software, and thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment, this position is for you.

Day To Day Activities

  • Develop innovative, polished software features using technologies such as Node.js, Golang, Python, React, Express, Typescript, and cloud capabilities
  • Collaborate with UX, Product, Field Applications, Customers, and other software engineering teams to ensure that you’re working on the right features
  • Maintain and improve core Orbit platform features and cloud operations by triaging and fixing incoming issues, participating in on-call rotations, and automating tasks and tests
  • Design core pieces of software architecture which touch a wide vertical surface - from on-robot code to cloud services.

Desired Skills

  • 5 years of experience building production-quality software.
  • Strong foundational knowledge of networking, server-side technologies, and client-side technologies
  • Prior experience working in a software platform team building core infrastructure features
  • Experience with some of the following technologies: LLM integrations, Kubernetes, Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-code tools, public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and/or GCP.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position.

The base pay range for this position is between $140,000 to $170,000 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and a annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.

Salary : $140,000 - $170,000

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