The Software Development Engineer role at Fauna Robotics focuses on building foundational data systems that support robotics and machine learning development. The team aims to create accessible and delightful robotic products by integrating hardware and software systems. This position involves designing and implementing infrastructure for processing large volumes of multimodal data generated by robots. The engineer will collaborate with applied scientists and robotics engineers to develop durable platform capabilities that enhance the user experience.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++
• Experience building and operating distributed services or APIs in production
• Experience with large-scale data storage technologies
• Track record of building internal data platforms or tooling that accelerate ML for science and engineering teams
• Experience partnering directly with researchers or scientists
• Familiarity with ML workflows and how data systems support model training
• Experience with robotics, IoT, or other high-volume sensor data
• Experience with cloud data platforms and hybrid on-prem/cloud architectures
• Proficiency with SQL and query optimization for large datasets

• Design, build, and operate scalable services and distributed systems for ingesting, storing, and serving large volumes of multimodal robotics data
• Own components end-to-end, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and on-call responsibilities
• Build well-designed APIs and tooling that enable researchers and engineers to discover, query, and process large datasets efficiently
• Develop real-time and batch processing systems for preparing data for machine learning training
• Partner with science and engineering teams to translate evolving requirements into reusable platform capabilities

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.