Senior Software Engineering - Machine Learning

Third Wave Automation is a rapidly growing startup that has demonstrated its
core technology components, proven its market fit, and just closed its Series C
If you are excited about cutting edge machine learning, robotics that
Third Wave Automation is applying modern machine learning to materials
handling—delivering site-specific forklift navigation and infrastructure-free
pallet handling that continuously adapts to changing floor configuration and
Third Wave Automation is looking for a strong Software Engineer who is able to
lead development of a major component of our Fleet Services codebase. units) in partnership with a world-leading forklift OEM and this will be an
optimize the running of our fleets at customer sites.

In this role, you will serve as a technical expert working with the other
Software Engineers in Fleet Services as well as provide architectural and design
oversight to interfacing with third party systems (WMS, WCS, other fleet/site
as well our front end/operator interface and the
fleets of forklifts our systems manage. experience base of serve based compute/networking/deployment solutions with a
You will serve as a primary technical
interface with our other lead SW and Robotics Engineers and also collaborate
We empower our team with an AI-first engineering culture, leveraging LLMs and
development stack to meet the rigorous expectations of a global industrial
who can still jump into C++/Python code but spends your best cycles focusing on
reliability enhancements, performance tuning, and the rigorous documentation
helping TWA capture a billion-dollar market and delight customers at an
Drive the "Final Mile" of Productization: Lead the transition of core fleet
production systems capable of supporting 24/7 operations.
* Oversee design and data pipelines
connecting edge site infrastructure to cloud environments, ensuring robust
implement robust logging, telemetry, and monitoring code for our core
You will ensure the engineering team has full
operations.
* failures across the hardware/software boundary, diagnose root causes, and
propose permanent structural or code fixes.
* Master the C++ Core: Own, optimize, and harden performance-critical C++
components within the Fleet Services and edge software stacks. Scale with an AI-First Mindset: Actively use and champion generative AI tools
(testing, and accelerate overall feature velocity.
* culture of continuous learning and rigorous engineering standards.

Experience: 7-10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with
a proven track record of shipping scalable backend components or distributed
Production-Grade C++ Expertise: Deep, hands-on mastery of modern C++
(C++14/17/20) in a Linux environment. programming, memory management, and debugging multi-threaded applications.
* Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts. diagnosing distributed systems failures and building customized system
monitoring/alerting infrastructure.
* Data & Messaging Mastery: Strong hands-on experience handling real-time data
relational/non-relational database management.
* High comfort level with Linux internals, shell
scripting, Python, and containerized edge clusters (Docker, Kubernetes/K3s).
* AI Tooling Competency: Fluent with AI-assisted workflows to accelerate
Prior experience in robotics, IoT deployments, autonomous vehicles, or
safety-critical industrial environments.
* Experience deploying and managing bare-metal software stacks at the network
Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related quantitative
Health, Dental, Vision, and a 401k matching program,
Flexible working schedule. Lunch is provided every day, and dinner for those evenings
Donuts are a main food group, and the snack shelf is always
stocked with a wide variety of items.
* One of the best parts of working here!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We are unable to sponsor H-1 visas subject to fees required by the
‘This job is based in Union City at least three days a week and offers no
relocation assistance. 250,000/yr+ benefits+equity;