Exceptional Software Engineer

Dyna Robotics

Redwood City, CA

On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for hands-on engineers who navigate ambiguity and deliver real-world impact, working in a small, senior, flat team structure in Redwood City, CA.

Best fit for

Candidates with experience in deploying AI models to real-world systems and a background in backend infrastructure or compilers
— “our robots do commercial-grade work in the physical world”
Individuals who thrive in a dynamic, problem-driven environment and can shift focus between tasks quickly
— “Scope is set by what's blocking, not by a team boundary. Expect to move between problems.”
Engineers who value rapid iteration and tangible outcomes over long-term planning cycles
— “Your work reaches a real robot doing a real job in days or weeks, not quarters.”

Things to consider

The role demands adaptability to shifting problems and data, which may require frequent reorientation
— “the problem, the requirements, or the data change underneath you”
The team structure is small and flat, which may require high autonomy and responsibility
— “the team is small, senior, and deliberately flat. Everyone is hands-on.”

How to stand out

Demonstrate your ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly and succinctly
— “the ability to explain your thinking clearly and briefly to teammates who are working on something else”
Emphasize your experience with data pipelines, APIs, and deployment platforms
— “data infrastructure, services, pipelines, APIs, deployment, and the internal platform our researchers and operators depend on”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid Level

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

worked on data infrastructure, services, pipelines, APIs, deployment, and internal platform

Typical background

software engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Exceptional Software EngineeringHigh Tolerance For AmbiguityResilience

Preferred

Prior Robotics ExperienceDistributed SystemsCompilersLarge-scale Backend Or Training Infrastructure

Stack & domain

AIRobotics

About the role

Original posting from Dyna Robotics via Ashby

Dyna Robotics builds general-purpose robots powered by a proprietary embodied AI foundation model with top-in-industry generalization and real-world performance. Already deployed with customers across multiple industries, our robots do commercial-grade work in the physical world. Our team comes from Google DeepMind, Meta, and Cruise, and we're backed by CRV, First Round, and other leading investors.
The team is small, senior, and deliberately flat. Everyone is hands-on. Ownership goes to the people who take it and deliver. We care about judgment, speed, and the ability to explain your thinking clearly and briefly to teammates who are working on something else.
ABOUT THE ROLE
You'll work on whatever is currently the hardest problem in the software that carries our models from training to production: data infrastructure, services, pipelines, APIs, deployment, and the internal platform our researchers and operators depend on.
Scope is set by what's blocking, not by a team boundary. Expect to move between problems.
You'll know your first project before you accept an offer.
Your work reaches a real robot doing a real job in days or weeks, not quarters.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
You believe physical intelligence is the most important unsolved problem in AI, and that it gets solved by shipping into the messy real world rather than by waiting for a cleaner simulator.
You are an exceptional engineer by any measure of software engineering.
You have a high tolerance for ambiguity and the resilience to keep making progress when the problem, the requirements, or the data change underneath you.
You take pride in your work and want to be measured on it.
Prior robotics experience is welcome but not required. Several of our strongest engineers came from distributed systems, compilers, and large-scale backend or training infrastructure.
Dyna Robotics is an equal opportunity employer.

Source: Dyna Robotics careers (Ashby)