Location
New York, NY
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/24/2026
Compensation
$184,900 - $250,200 per year
Job description
The Senior Software Engineer will join Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, to drive technical strategy and architecture decisions for robotic software systems. The team focuses on creating capable and delightful robots for everyday life, emphasizing the integration of hardware and software. This role involves solving complex problems across various engineering disciplines to enhance the user experience with robotics. Candidates should be passionate about making robotics accessible and enjoyable to build.
Requirements
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
- 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
- Bachelor's degree or above in robotics, mechanical/mechatronics engineering, systems engineering, or related field
- Knowledge of data structures, algorithm design, statistics, and system design
- Experience in robotics design, automation systems development, or control systems design
- Experience with training and deploying machine learning systems for large-scale optimizations
- Track record of delivering developer-facing products with robust SDKs and fault-tolerant distributed systems
Responsibilities
- Drive architecture and design decisions for robotic software systems, including perception, navigation, motor control, reasoning, and human-robot interaction
- Own end-to-end delivery of complex software systems, from design through production deployment and operational excellence
- Lead collaboration across research, machine learning, hardware, and operations teams to deliver integrated solutions
- Define technical roadmaps and drive innovation in robotic software development
- Design and implement systems and tools that accelerate development velocity for multi-disciplinary engineering teams
Benefits
- 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.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
3,290
FY2026
Approval rate
99.1%
FY2026
LCA certified
32,937
FY2026
Entry-level share
10.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+9%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-44%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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