Software Engineer - Applied AI

The role

You will build platform APIs for high-quality training data for a new world model. This involves designing production features from data collection through inference and building data pipelines integrated into simulators and robot hardware.

What you will do

• Design, build, and ship production features for AI world models
• Build evaluation, data pipelines, and captioning APIs
• Optimize systems for latency, cost, and quality
• Work with world model researchers, product engineers, and customers
• Stay current with new developments in AI and bring recommendations to teams

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Meaningful portion of experience building and shipping ML- or AI-powered systems in production
• Strong programming skills in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript
• Proved experience building expandable, testable, and reliable software
• Hands-on experience with modern AI/ML, AI frameworks, and cloud deployment
• Clear communication and collaboration to lead projects independently

Nice to have

• Experience with shipping AI/ML systems at high scale
• Contributions to open-source AI/ML projects or publications
• Domain experience in robotics

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
• 401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
• Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
• Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
• Onsite snacks and catered lunches

About the company

1X builds humanoid robots that work in homes to do chores and handle tasks. They solve robotics, AI, and manufacturing to create the NEO flagship robot.