Senior Software Engineer, Sanctuary AI
Cognitive Platform
CA$120k
Plus Equity
Human-like intelligence robotics
Job no longer available
Human-like intelligence robotics
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
CA$120k
Plus Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots at a time that is right to make it happen.
Role
Who you are
- Over 8 years of software development experience, including practical work in software applications development; technical experience with robotic systems preferred
- Knowledge of professional engineering practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source management, testing, and continuous integration and deployment
- Fluency with C++, Python, Java, or equivalent
- Experience with distributed systems, microservice architecture, and cloud platforms
- Proficiency in designing and developing GraphQL and REST APIs
- Experience with messaging queues and event-driven architectures (e.g. Apache Kafka, RTI DDS)
- A track record of technical excellence and successful projects under minimal supervision
- In-depth knowledge of system architecture assessments, integrated design, software, support equipment, installation of subsystems, and experiments to ensure that relevant safety requirements are met
- Systems engineering, integration, and root cause analysis skills for system issues
- Strategic thinker with an architectural mindset, adept at balancing short-term and long-term needs
- Excellent organizational and process documentation skills
- Ability to design, implement, and test in a fast-paced environment
- Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to complex problems
- A proponent of personal responsibility for themselves and their teammates
- Empathetic listener with conflict-resolution capabilities
- Effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills for engaging both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Self-motivated and able to solve problems independently
- Patience, persistence, and attention to detail when resolving issues
- Mission-driven and passionate about bringing human-like intelligence to machines
What the job involves
- Sanctuary AI–a multi award-winning LinkedIn Top Startup company- is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer
- Reporting to the Cognitive Platform Lead, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of our platform's design, architecture, and implementation that power our general-purpose robots
- The ideal applicants for this position enjoy systems thinking, are eager to learn, and are willing to develop technical skills while gaining valuable industry experience
- Ultimately, you'll be a valued part of the team as you learn and adapt to new, complex development environments, own solutions from design and execution through to deployment and support, and innovate best practices that drive continuous improvements in our robotic systems
- Gain cutting-edge career experience while automating workflows and processes, managing, optimizing, and securing on-robot, edge computers, and cloud environments
- Build, deploy, and monitor operations of the component subsystems, ensuring that all segments work together with high performance and reliability
- Write, debug, and maintain robust software for the humanoid robot software stack
- Design and implement efficient and reliable communication mechanisms to enable seamless integration between different parts of the system
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support a fleet of general-purpose robots and ensure smooth deployment and maintenance of the software
- Develop and iterate on new functionalities and test through simulation and on-hardware execution
- Achieve company-wide visibility as you partner with leaders to ensure smooth deployment and configuration, provide technical support to end users, and structure and keep technical documentation updated
- Act as a mentor and provide guidance to team members, fostering their professional growth and development
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Sanctuary has set itself the ambitious task of developing human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots, intending to complement the human labor market - and eventually helping humans settle in outer space. Its robots are modelled on the size and shape of humans, and their cognitive architecture is based on the subsystems of the human brain. The hope is that this puts the so-far elusive artificial general intelligence (AGI) in closer reach.
It’s a challenging mission, but the Sanctuary team have remarkable expertise and experience. Before Sanctuary, the founders launched deep tech robotics company Kindred with backing from the likes of Google and Bloomberg Beta. Whilst it was eventually bought out by Ocado, Sanctuary was designed to pick up where Kindred’s early research left off.
Some critics suggest that Sanctuary’s technology isn’t anything new - just yet. Nor has any company promising AGI (including Tesla) offered up material results. There’s also some question as to whether AGI, technologically glamorous though it may be, is better than highly specialised systems. If it can be done, however, there’s no doubt it’ll prove a remarkable deep-tech breakthrough.
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2022
$30m
GRANT
Mar 2022
$58.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $88.5m
Company values
- We are Mission-Drive: With one objective: to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots. Mission success is the only arrow on the compass that guides our work. To be first, we must act with unwavering urgency, in everything we do
- We Rise to the Challenge: What we are doing has never been done before. We embrace the magnitude of our mission and face it head-on, with tenacity, speed, and positive determination. We do whatever it takes to ensure we hit our milestones on the road to mission success
- We Row Together, We Win Together: No matter how great our facilities or capital, we will always maintain the humble mentality of a small, wooden rowboat. Our strength comes from forcefully rowing together towards the same common goal, with each one of us pulling their weight. We stay steady on the course as a team–impervious to distractions and relentless against waves–to reach our destination
- We Act Responsibly: In everything that we do, we take matters of safety, security, confidentiality, privacy, and trust very seriously
- We are a Sanctuary: For our employees and for the future. We are a group of technologically-aligned people, working together with high principles and utmost confidentiality within our Sanctuary. When we successfully achieve our mission, we will provide a Sanctuary for generations to come, with solutions to many of the greatest threats to our way of life
Company HQ
Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, BC
Articles
Founders
Geordie Rose
(CEO)A Doctor of Theoretical Physics, who subsequently founded and served as CTO of quantum computing systems and software company D-Wave Systems, before moving on to co-found Kindred.ai.
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