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  • Almond
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Full-Time
  • 55 days ago
  • $130,000 – $200,000
Almond VERIFIED EMPLOYER

Founding Software Engineer.

Software Engineering & Dev Full-Time

Founding Software Engineer: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for a software engineer building software for factory operations, automated inventory, production, logistics, and QA quality control in a robotics company.
  • The Person:The person will design, test, and implement software for factory operations, build an autonomous factory and agentic production system, and develop software for product quality.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has strong architectural design, can work across the stack, and has experience in at least one of building with agents or strong System Design principles.

About the role

Almond is building America’s robot factory.

We are looking for a Software Engineer to design, test, and implement key software components for our factory operations centering around agents and automated inventory, production, logistics, and QA quality control. This role is ideal for an engineer excited about working across the full product lifecycle from whiteboard sketches and prototypes to manufacturing and production.

You will contribute towards:

  • Building an autonomous factory
  • Building an agentic production system
  • Building software to ensure product quality

At minimum, you should:

  • Have strong architectural design
  • Be comfortable working across the stack and/or quickly learning relevant skills (frontend / backend / robotic control / AI)
  • Gave strong conviction in the idea that general purpose robots (humanoids + AI) are inevitable and will soon take over the physical world

An ideal candidate has experience in at least one of:

  • Building with agents
  • Strong System Design principles

We are taking on a problem that requires extreme ownership and urgency. If you’re looking for a 9-5 this role is not for you.

  1. Introductory call
  2. Phone Screen
  3. On-site interview
    1. Assignment and experience deep-dive
    2. Collaborative roadmap & culture discussion
    3. Standard coding challenge
    4. System design interview

To apply, please submit:

  • Your CV
  • Why you want to work at Almond in your own words
  • The hardware project you’ve done

to founders@almond.bot.

Bonus for those who open a PR on our GitHub.

Our mission is to free humans from physical labor with robotics.

We imagine a future where robots handle the essential, repetitive work and humans are free to create, connect, and pursue what truly matters to them.

To build that future we’re starting from the ground up with hardware. Our first product is a California-designed and assembled humanoid arm. Surrounding it, we’re developing advanced controls, intuitive data collection, and a full AI stack that makes deployment effortless in real industrial environments. We’re proving it on our own assembly line first.

Published August 4, 2026
Location San Francisco, CA
Job Type Full-Time