About Nimble

Nimble is a robotics and AI company inventing and scaling autonomous logistics with intelligent robots to enable fast, efficient, and sustainable commerce. We’re developing generalized robot intelligence and building general-purpose mobile manipulator robots, the first in the world capable of performing all core warehouse functions. We've recently closed a $106M Series C funding round at a $1 billion valuation and we're continuing to grow our all-star team.

Our mission is to empower and inspire mankind to accomplish legendary feats by inventing robots that liberate us from the menial.

Our long-term vision is to invent the Autonomous Supply Chain – everything from the inside of factories and warehouses to your front door – using next-gen intelligent robotics to deliver faster, more efficient, and more sustainable commerce.

We were founded from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon. We’re backed by the World’s most prestigious investors and Nimble’s Board of Directors includes AI and robotics legends like like Marc Raibert (Founder of Boston Dynamics), Fei-Fei Li (Chief Scientist of AI at Google, Director of Stanford’s AI lab), and Sebastian Thrun (Founder of Google X, Waymo, Kitty Hawk, and Udacity)!

Join us to leave your mark on the future of robotics, AI, and logistics!

Link: Introducing Nimble – Intelligent Fulfillment Robots at Scale

Why Join Nimble?

At Nimble, we are committed to building legendary products, a legendary team, and a legendary legacy. Join us and become part of an ambitious, humble, and resourceful culture where your work will leave a lasting impact on the future of robotics and commerce.

Nimble's Core Values:

Be relentlessly resourceful - Challenge the status quo. Make the impossible, possible. Do whatever it takes.

Be legendary - Be the best at whatever it is that you do. Leave your mark. Motivate and inspire others.

Be humble - Leave your ego behind. Have a growth mindset. Learn and improve yourself every day.

Be dependable - Take ownership and deliver. Be loyal to your team and Nimble's mission.

About the Role:

Help us advance our robotics moonshot by scaling our data engineering efforts. Drive design and development of data infrastructure across our products and internal tools. You will play a critical role in working with our world-class cross-functional team to architect and build the world’s most advanced robotic systems for the world’s biggest robotics opportunity!

Responsibilities

- Design and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines.
- Ensure timely and efficient data collection, processing, and availability.
- Integrate data from multiple sources for both batch and streaming analytics.
- Manage and optimize the data lakehouse for performance and reliability.
- Apply best practices in data modeling, pipeline design, and query optimization.
- Monitor pipeline performance and troubleshoot issues.
- Develop and manage ETL/ELT processes for loading data into data warehouses and data lakes.
- Maintain data integrity and consistency across systems.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, finance, bizops, and other teams to understand data needs and deliver solutions.
- Provide data engineering support to ensure data accessibility and usability company-wide.
- Define and enforce data quality standards.
- Implement data governance to ensure compliance with internal and external policies.
- Stay current with industry trends and technologies in data engineering.
- Continuously improve data processes and infrastructure for efficiency and scalability.
- Document data engineering processes, designs, and architectures

Qualifications

- Fast learner with a strong work ethic, high performance standards, and ambition.
- 1-4 years of experience in a tech company or fast-growing startup.
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency in writing production-grade code in at least one of: Python, Java, Rust, Go, or Scala.
- Strong debugging skills and the ability to diagnose and resolve issues efficiently.
- Experience with Kafka and/or Spark.
- Experience working with AWS or other cloud platforms.

Nice To Have

- Experience with modern data engineering tools like Databricks, Clickhouse, DeltaLake, Apache Iceberg, Apache Flink, Parquet, Apache, Arrow Airflow
- Experience with Robotics, Machine Learning and Mechanical Engineering

Additional Requirements

- Willing to work extended hours and weekends if needed
- This position is based full time in our San Francisco headquarters

$140,000 - $190,000 a year

The above range is the base salary range. This candidate will also receive generous equity!

Culture:

We embrace challenges and strive to make the impossible possible each day. We’re not in this to do what’s easy or to be mediocre. We want to create something legendary and leave our mark on the world. We’re ambitious, we’re gritty, we’re humble and we’re relentlessly resourceful in pursuit of our goals. If this sounds like you then you might be a great fit!

Press:

Link: Nimble Closes $106 Million Series C Funding Round, Scales Fully Autonomous Fulfillment with FedEx

Link: FedEx Announces Expansion of FedEx Fulfillment With Nimble Alliance

Nimble Robotics, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state, federal or local laws.

Nimble's Benefits

Paid Time Off

Enjoy the time you need to travel, rejuvenate, and connect with friends and family.

Health Insurance

Nimble provides medical, dental, and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family.

Paid Parental Leave

Enjoy paid bonding time following a birth.

Commuter Benefits

Take the stress out of commuting with access to fully-paid parking spots.

Referral Bonus

Get a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring.

401k

Contribute towards a 401k for retirement planning.

Equity

Be an owner in Nimble through our equity program

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