Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI
1X is a Palo Alto-based AI and robotics company building general-purpose humanoid robots, led by its consumer home robot NEO.
Funding history
About 1X
1X develops embodied-AI humanoid robots designed to learn from real-world deployment and perform household tasks. Its current flagship product is NEO, a home robot offered through an early-access ordering flow.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build production AI platform features spanning data collection, validation, annotation, evaluation, and inference. You will create data pipelines and captioning APIs integrated with simulators and robot hardware, optimize systems for latency, cost, and quality, and guide technical decisions across disciplines.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, including production ML or AI-powered systems
- Strong Python and JavaScript or TypeScript programming skills
- Experience building extensible, testable, and reliable software
- Hands-on experience with modern AI and ML frameworks
- Cloud deployment experience
- Communication and collaboration skills to lead projects independently
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and ship production features for AI world models from data collection through inference
- Build evaluation systems, data pipelines, and captioning APIs integrated with simulators and robot hardware
- Optimize systems for latency, cost, and quality
- Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and customers to build reliable and usable systems
- Evaluate AI developments and recommend platform and research improvements
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options
- Commuter benefits
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches
