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Staff Software Engineer, ML

Apptronik · Sunnyvale, CA

Posted Nov 6, 2026

Est. total comp~$207K–$341K

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Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.

We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.

JOB SUMMARY

Apptronik is seeking a Staff MLOps Engineer to own the technical direction of our MLOps platform — the system of record for datasets, experiments, model artifacts, and serving paths that connects teleoperation data collection on one side to deployed autonomy on Apollo on the other. In this role, you will set the architecture for the platform layer above the training cluster: dataset lifecycle, experiment tracking, model registry, evaluation harnesses, and the serving / packaging path that delivers trained policies to robots in the field. You will lead by influence across MLOps, Autonomy, Data Platform, and TeleOp — establishing the standards, contracts, and tooling that turn one-off research code into a repeatable, auditable pipeline from data to deployed model. …

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Job inventory

Required 12 items

  • 8y
  • 4y

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related field (or 4+ years of related experience)

Experience: 8+ years of experience in software engineering in ML platforms or infrastructure, 4+ years of experience in owning an MLOps platform

Skills and tools: Python, Go, Rust, C++, Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, Git, CI/CD

Preferred 2 items

Education: Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related field

Skills and tools: Robotics

Also in the posting: Prolonged periods of sitting; Must be able to lift 15 pounds

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