Head of Software Architecture, Embodied AI Platform

ABOUT THE ROLE Lead end-to-end software architecture for a platform that connects and operates fleets of general-purpose robots. This hands-on leadership role sets technical direction across cloud, edge, frontend, and AI capabilities while helping grow the engineering team. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design and own the architecture for robot connectivity, fleet management, AI features, data pipelines, and model-training workflows. - Set technical direction across frontend, backend, robot-side software, and infrastructure, making key decisions as the platform scales. - Write and review production code, especially while establishing foundational architecture and abstractions. - Integrate AI agents and learning capabilities safely, with appropriate guardrails for physical robots. - Grow and lead the platform engineering team, setting engineering standards and architecture review practices. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 8 years of experience in full-stack platform architecture, with ownership of system design across distributed backends and frontend. - Staff- or Principal-level experience architecting SaaS platforms that manage connected devices or physical hardware at scale. - Strong distributed systems and edge-to-cloud architecture skills, including experience with IoT, fleet management, real-time communications, WebSockets, gRPC, pub/sub, APIs, data pipelines, and OTA updates. - Demonstrated hands-on coding ability and recent production code contributions, along with experience owning architecture across multiple teams. - A degree in computer science or a related technical field, and familiarity with AI agents, tool use, or multi-step planning. - Comfort adopting AI tools in day-to-day engineering work; startup or early-stage leadership experience is valuable. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary: $250,000 to $400,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION On-site in Santa Clara, California, United States. Candidates should be based in the area or willing to relocate.