The Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our fast-paced software engineering team. Your role will be to design and develop the backend of the next generation of robotic applications for ANYmal. Together with your team and top robotics engineers at ANYbotics. This involves designing and implementing software solutions so that ANYmal can perform ever-more complex jobs.

The APIs you and your team create provide the foundations for collaborations with software and cloud technology partners, enabling deep integrations into our customers' facility management systems and unlocking the opportunity to create holistic robotic inspection solutions.

We constantly come up with new ways to optimize the performance and skills of our robots, allowing customers to gain valuable insights into their facilities and processes as easily and efficiently as possible. With your technical expertise in web technologies, you actively contribute to making our robots smarter, more robust, and more user-friendly.

The Market & Our Technology

ANYbotics transforms the industrial sector by introducing robotics to a wide range of novel applications that so far were beyond reach (see our case studies in Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Railways, Wind Energy, Mining, Construction). Our customers are large asset operators and service providers of industrial plants pioneering robotics technology for inspection and maintenance. Our solution enables autonomous routine inspections and monitoring of large-scale industrial facilities for increased safety and productivity. We develop numerous customized hardware systems, including the entire robotic platform, actuators, sensors, inspection payloads, charging systems, and software to achieve world-class mobility, autonomy, and inspection capabilities, often based on AI. We have proven the technology and the business impact on our customers in long-term pilot projects. We are now scaling the commercialization of our solution(s) and deploying directly into operation at customer facilities worldwide.

About Us

ANYbotics is a leading robotics company specializing in advanced autonomous systems. With a successful Series B financing round recently closed, we are poised for rapid growth and international expansion. Our mission is to revolutionize the robotics industry through cutting-edge technology and innovation. As we embark on this exciting journey, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Backend Engineer to join our team and help us shape the future of robotics.

Your contributions

Implementing backend changes to enhance our main GUI: Workforce, as well as to enable end-to-end solutions (e.g. inspection workflows)
Design, extend, and maintain scalable and consistent APIs (for internal and external users)
Designing and implementing the foundational systems to enable effective web development
Debugging and testing the applications, in simulation, physically in-house, and in the field with the robot
Advocating the use of 3rd-party web frameworks and technologies and demonstrating their effectiveness in your own work.
Evaluating, integrating, and testing solutions from and collaborating with external partners
Participation in planning, organization, and tracking of personal and team objectives and tasks
Writing testable code and writing precise and effective software documentation
Be an example to the company for the feasibility of well-executed remote work

Your profile

Engineering or science degree with a focus on computer science, or robotics
You have succeeded in building maintainable APIs which contributed to a seamless user experience and a successful product.
Excellent at leveraging web frameworks and technologies to build scalable backend systems
Strong and effective at writing clean and maintainable code in TypeScript and able to work with a broad range of languages (python, C++) and frameworks
Strong interface-driven thinking, able to design consistent, scalable, and maintainable APIs
Strong user focus: interested in collaborating with designers, product managers, and frontend developers to understand the customer's needs and challenges
Strong at communicating and collaborating with team members to contribute to a productive and engaging team environment in a remote setting
Capable in effectively testing, debugging, monitoring, and improving existing backend systems
Capable in managing your workload in a remote setting and able to demonstrate the successful execution and completion of past projects
Capable in staying up to date with developments in web and cloud technologies, frameworks, and practices
Capable in clearly communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Willing to work on topics outside of the formal area of expertise (e.g. resource constraint systems, sensor data processing)
Willing to travel ca. 2-3 weeks per year to co-locate with ANYbotics team members and users

Bonus Points

Experience with web application frameworks like NestJS
Experience with MQTT
Experience in integrating APIs with 3rd party systems (e.g. SAP)
Experience in frontend development

Remote Work Statement

We’re an international robotics company with the A-team spread across the Globe. This role is fully remote within the EU, giving you the flexibility to work from your home country while staying connected to our global team. To be eligible, you’ll need to have the legal right to work in the European Union.

Senior Backend Engineer