Join us in building and innovating on the world's most advanced software platform for robot arms. PickNik Robotics, a global leader in robotics since 2015, is changing the robotics industry through its MoveIt Pro Software Platform. PickNik specializes in unstructured robotics solutions that allow robots to go into challenging environments and perform complex tasks. MoveIt Pro is an open core product based on MoveIt (Open Source) used by 1000s of companies worldwide. PickNik has worked with 120+ customers over the past 9 years including Google, Amazon, Samsung, BMW, Lockheed Martin, and NASA. Join us in helping companies deploy AI to robot arms quickly, dramatically reducing our customer’s time to market and opening up new possibilities to deploy robots outside of factories.

PickNik is seeking a part-time, Python Infrastructure Software Engineer to help build and maintain advanced robotics solutions and their deployment and testing infrastructure. 

In this role, you will:

• Write high-quality Python for ROS applications, REST APIs, and command-line interfaces
• Improve the installation process for customer-facing Python scripts
• Maintain Python-heavy CI/CD infrastructure in GitHub Actions and Ansible
• Contribute to the team’s strong culture of code review to up-skill others on high-quality Python

Expected qualifications:

• 4 years of professional Python experience
• 4 years of Git experience
• 4 years of Linux experience
• 3 years of experience with Docker Compose
• 2 years of professional experience with YAML-based CI/CD infrastructure (i.e. Travis, GitHub Actions, Ansible)

Preferred qualifications:

• Familiarity with ROS 2
• Familiarity with FastAPI or similar frameworks
• Experience building user-friendly command-line interfaces in Python
• Knowledge of integrating hardware systems with Docker containers
• Familiarity with Debian packaging

 

Colorado Residents Only: In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the minimum hourly rate for this role is $65/hour. The compensation for this role can vary significantly depending on job-related skills and experience.