
Senior Software Engineer
South San Francisco, CAFull-time$150–250K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed 5 days ago
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near South San Francisco, CA, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Job overview
Andromeda Surgical seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy production software for its robotic platform, collaborating with robotics, controls, hardware, and machine learning teams to build reliable, maintainable, and scalable systems.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Full job description
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build the software systems that power our robotic platform. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on designing, building, testing, and deploying production software. You will work closely with robotics, controls, hardware, and machine learning engineers to develop systems that are reliable, maintainable, and scalable. This is not a role focused on maintaining legacy systems or implementing isolated features. We are looking for engineers who can take ownership of complex problems, make sound engineering decisions, and drive projects from concept through deployment. What You’ll Do
-
Design and develop production software in C++ and Python.
-
Architect and implement reliable software systems that support robotic applications.
-
Build maintainable, modular, and extensible codebases.
-
Develop testing and validation strategies to ensure software quality and reliability.
-
Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
-
Debug and resolve complex issues across software, robotics, and hardware systems.
-
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver new product capabilities.
-
Take ownership of projects from initial design through deployment and long-term support.
What We’re Looking For Software Engineering
-
5 to 7 years of professional software engineering experience.
-
Strong experience developing production software in C++ and/or Python.
-
Ability to write maintainable, modular, and production-quality code.
-
Experience designing software that can be extended and maintained by a team.
-
Strong understanding of software architecture and system design principles.
-
Experience writing tests and validating software behavior. For this role, testing and software quality are a must, not a nice-to-have.
-
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
Systems Thinking & Ownership
-
Ability to break down ambiguous problems into actionable solutions.
-
Comfortable making engineering decisions with incomplete information.
-
Strong ownership mindset and ability to independently drive projects forward.
-
Ability to identify risks, tradeoffs, and missing requirements early.
-
Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities.
Collaboration & Communication
-
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
-
Ability to work effectively across software, robotics, hardware, and product teams.
-
Open to feedback and iterative development.
-
Comfortable discussing technical decisions and tradeoffs with teammates.
Nice to Have
-
Experience building software for robotics systems.
-
Experience with Linux-based development environments.
-
Experience with ROS or ROS2.
-
Experience working with real-time or performance-critical systems.
-
Experience with cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
-
Experience with embedded or hardware-adjacent software.
-
Experience working in startup environments.
-
Experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, medical devices, aerospace, or other highly technical engineering environments.
How this job compares
Set against the 40,581 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$150–250K/yr
- California median$165–245K/yr7,678 salary ranges
- US median$135–217K/yr32,282 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $200K, is close to the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 9,549 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 40,581 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (32,915 postings).
- Education
- 14,143 of the 40,581 open Software Engineer jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.
