DevOps Engineer

About Pickle Robot Company:

At Pickle Robot Company, we believe the best working experience is one where machines do the heavy lifting and people do the problem solving. Our robots work with people in the messy world of warehouse loading docks, reducing the real physical pain of unloading trucks and containers, radically amplifying what each person can accomplish. 

Founded by an exceptional cast of robotics and machine learning experts, Pickle creates robots that work alongside people in the very messy world of the loading dock, reducing the backbreaking human effort that goes into getting your online orders to your door.

About this Role:

Pickle Robot is on the hunt for a smart, motivated DevOps engineer to join our team. Our DevOps Engineer will work across all levels of our technical organization to ensure a reliable, scalable, and efficient development lifecycle. The ideal candidate is a seasoned DevOps Engineer with a track record of innovation, cross-team collaboration, and independence.

• Design, build, and maintain cost-effective and scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Design, build, and maintain data pipeline to capture logs and telemetry from robots.
• Monitor and troubleshoot system performance, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Work cross-functionally with our software engineering, hardware and deployment teams to ensure our robots are operationally ready to serve our customers.
• Maintain scripts to bootstrap laptops, servers, and robot controllers.
• Manage software repositories, builds, releases, and deployments.
• Collaborate with IT on network and device security.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide support.

• 4-6+ years DevOps experience, ideally at a technology-focused company.
• 4+ years working with a cloud infrastructure platform (GCP (preferred), AWS, Azure).
• Experience with a DevOps toolset (Docker, GitHub, Terraform, Ansible).
• Strong knowledge of programming languages, including Python.
• Familiarity with Robot Operating System (ROS).
• Experience managing a fleet of robotic (or IoT) devices.
• Excellent troubleshooting, interpersonal, and technical communication skills.
• A strong sense of urgency, with a willingness to help colleagues and customers in their time of need.
• Candidates with previous experience at a robotics company jump to the head of the line. 

Why you belong here:

Do you want to get in on the ground floor of a fast growing VC-backed robotic automation company? Join Pickle Robot! We’re a diverse team of ~60 full-time employees teaching off-the-shelf robot arms how to pick (get it?) & sort parcels. Our goal is to work alongside people in the very messy world of the warehouse & loading dock, reducing the backbreaking human effort that goes into getting e-commerce orders to your door. If you are passionate about solving thorny human problems with cutting-edge technology, we want to meet you. 

At Pickle Robot Company, we genuinely value diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We welcome individuals of all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability. We believe you should bring your whole self to work, so come as you are.