Tools Engineer [Web Backend/Swift]

Embodied, Inc. is a technology company founded by veteran roboticist Paolo Pirjanian (iRobot, Evolution Robotics) with the conviction that the next big wave of technology will be driven by human-machine interfaces that are socially aware and intelligent.

Embodied’s veteran team of technologists, neuroscientists, child development specialists, and creative storytellers have been entirely reinventing human-machine interaction to enable realistic and intuitive interactions similar to humans. Through extensive research, they developed a breakthrough technology platform, SocialX™, that incorporates advanced AI and machine-learning to support fluid conversation, body language, eye contact, and emotions.

The first iteration of this technology is Moxie™, an animated companion for children developed to help promote social, emotional, and cognitive learning. Recognized by TIME magazine as one of the Best Inventions of 2020, Moxie™ has been called “the robot pal you dreamed of as a kid” (Wired Magazine), “the robot that could be your child’s or parent’s new best friend” (Fast Company), and “a technically impressive childhood robot” (TechCrunch). You can learn all about Moxie™ and see how Embodied (one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2021) works at: embodied.com

Position Summary

Embodied is looking to add a talented, technically skilled, and creative Tools Engineer [Web Backend/Swift] to contribute to a revolutionary robot experience for children.  

Responsibilities include:

• Improve UX and support development of existing macOS application (Swift).

• Develop views on authored data that can easily adapt to varying use-cases.

• Extend the underlying API to fully support CLI authoring.

• R&D web-based solutions that integrate seamlessly into existing pipelines.

• Improve multi-user authoring flow.

• Gain deep understanding of existing workflows and provide recommendations to other developers.

• Develop solutions to increase iteration speed and ease UX for the authoring team.

• Support authoring teams to create and test robot content.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, or 3+ years of professional tools development experience.

• Demonstrated strong programming skills in Swift, Objective-C, Javascript, or equivalent.

• Ability to tackle complex technical problems with creative solutions.

• Familiarity with source code management workflows (git).

• Experience in development within large software systems (Agile development, Jira, etc.).

• Excellent communication, organization and interpersonal skills: In this role, you will need to communicate clearly, and coordinate complex tasks among teams with diverse backgrounds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with GCP, AWS, or similar integrations.

• Exceptional work ethic.

• Ability to provide accurate time estimates.

• Strong time management skills.

At Embodied, we support diversity and we are an equal opportunity workplace. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes compensation, health benefits, employee stock options, 401(k) match, flexible PTO, and flexible schedules. We are a dynamic and diverse team that likes to push the status quo. 

Location:  Pasadena, CA. But exceptional remote applicants may be considered.

Contact us: join@embodied.me