Software Engineer, Scythe Robotics
Backend Web
$130-149.5k
Salary is applicable to Colorado based candidates only and may vary on further locations. + Equity
Autonomous commercial mower
Job no longer available
Autonomous commercial mower
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$130-149.5k
Salary is applicable to Colorado based candidates only and may vary on further locations. + Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To provide the most advanced and sustainable autonomous technology for maintaining off-road environments safely, effectively, and responsibly.
Role
Who you are
- Professional backend web software development
- Django/Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL
- Python with experience with data pipelines built to feed web application data sources that have run on Airflow, Dagster, or Luigi
- GraphQL, especially Apollo GraphQL
- CI/CD pipelines, containerization (e.g., Docker), and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) for deploying and managing web applications
- How to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, leveraging interpersonal skills
- Front-end development in React/Next.js
- Worked with robots and/or robot applications using ROS
- Worked on a Data Platform team to move land data in to application databases
- Led a small team of Full Stack Web developers
- Mentored a team of software engineers, driving technical excellence and fostering a collaborative environment
- Worked in a large scale web application deployed on AWS
What the job involves
- At Scythe, you’ll work with a team of world-class experts in everything from computer vision to mechanical engineering, pushing the limits of possibility and growing by overcoming hurdles along the way
- As a Backend Web Software Engineer at Scythe, you'll play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining our web services that power our customer-facing applications, enabling our customers to get the best from their robot fleets
- Scythe's machines are out in the field helping humanity take better care of the world, and the web services you'll build are the backbone of those operations, enabling fleet management, planning, billing, debugging, and all of the other crucial happenings that lead to the success of our mission
- You’ll work in concert with teammates from across the company to build a rich understanding of product needs and bring those ideas to life
- Your expertise in back-end technologies and how they interact with front-end frameworks will be instrumental in creating robust, scalable, and user-friendly software solutions that will supercharge our customers' robot fleets and help Scythe realize its big mission
- Design, develop, and deploy scalable and responsive web applications that enable our customers to manage, track and visualize their robot fleets, using a combination of back-end technologies
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of software engineers, driving best practices, code reviews, and mentoring junior team members
- Take ownership of feature development ensuring high-quality, tested code, scalability, and performance
- Develop and implement comprehensive testing strategies to ensure the reliability and stability of the software, including unit tests, integration tests, and automated testing frameworks
- Collaborate with data platform engineers to write, deploy, and maintain data pipelines to surface and land data in to backend application databases
- Communicate with front end and mobile engineers to support API needs
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
There are millions of off road spaces which need maintenance, from front lawns to huge public parks. Traditional mowers run off fossil fuels and require humans to operate. Scythe recently emerged from stealth mode to develop reliable, emissions-free, intelligent robots which can follow contours, navigate slopes, and automatically adjust cut patterns to keep grass healthy and looking great.
Maintenance businesses can save thousands of dollars, due to the fully electric motors and limited need for human attention. Scythe operates a rental model (Robot-as-a-Service) and charges per acre mowed. It also addressed the problem of noise, reducing it from legacy mowers by 20dB, removing the chances of complaints when you mow the lawn at 7am on a Sunday.
To date, commercial landscape contractors haven’t been able to access technology that enables them to keep up with demand whilst being sustainable. Scythe's M.52 mower is in high demand, and its early 2023 Series B funding round is a major step in the company's ability to meet this demand. The company is readying its manufacturing process to handle mass production by 2024.
Insights
Most candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
39% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2022
$42m
LATE VC
Jul 2022
$0.4m
GRANT
Total funding: $61.2m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary and equity compensation so everyone at Scythe benefits from our growth
- Fully-sponsored medical, vision, and dental insurance, including 75% funded dependent coverage, to keep everyone covered
- Flexible (and encouraged!) paid time-off policies to make sure everyone gets the relaxation to do their best work, plus most positions can accommodate remote or work-from-home whenever it makes sense for you
Company HQ
Goss - Grove, Boulder, CO
Founders
Jack Morrison
(CEO)They spent over 3 years at Bowdoin College as a Teaching Assistant, before 2 years as a MITRE Software Systems Engineer. They co-founded Replica Labs in 2014 and served as an Occipital Computer Vision Engineer before leveraging this experience to co-found Scythe Robotics.
Isaac Roberts
(COO)They worked in the US Navy in Interior Communications for 4 years before studying at Western Carolina University and founding Lucky Peaches, Replica Labs, Fully Baked Edibles, and then Scythe Robotics in April 2018.
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