Full Stack Software Engineer in Falmouth

About Engineered Arts

Since 2004, Engineered Arts has been at the forefront of robotics, creating lifelike social humanoids that have captivated audiences worldwide. Our vision is to revolutionise the human experience through embodied AI, loved and trusted in every home.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain full‑stack web applications
• Write clean, efficient, and scalable code
• Build and enhance APIs for seamless front‑end and back‑end communication
• Ensure the reliability and performance of the back‑end systems
• Maintain front‑end frameworks (React/Typescript) to deliver an exceptional user experience
• Develop and maintain on‑robot software systems
• Build on‑robot scripts and services to interact with both robot hardware and cloud services
• Maintain, enhance and debug Linux‑based robot software stack
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and stakeholders
• Work with product managers to translate business requirements into technical specifications
• Coach and support junior developers
• Debug, maintain and extend the codebase across front‑end, back‑end and on‑robot platforms
• Implement feature requests and enhancements as per project requirements
• Ensure code maintainability, scalability and testability
• Stay adaptable to new technology trends and pivot quickly when necessary

Typical Position Interactions

• Head of Development – aligning with project goals and team priorities, discussing architecture and future improvements
• Product Manager – collaborating on defining features, application workflows and providing technical insight on feasibility
• UI/UX Designers – incorporating design guidelines, enhancing front‑end development, providing feedback on user experience
• DevOps and QA Teams – ensuring deployment processes are streamlined, reliable, debugging, testing, and monitoring solutions in live environments

Challenges

• Ensuring our cloud platform provides a smooth user experience while handling complex business logic
• Ensuring robots function reliably and repeatably in interaction with our cloud services and local execution of associated behaviours
• Working within an existing large and complex codebase
• Working in a fast‑paced environment with evolving project scopes
• Achieving functional goals within the constraints of complex real‑life hardware

Opportunities

• Working at the forefront of the rapidly growing field of humanoid robotics
• Working in a creative environment with highly skilled, committed colleagues
• Broad technical variety with opportunity to deepen knowledge across many areas
• Working on a commercially successful product consistently shipping units
• Working on a modern Linux‑based stack prioritising performance and developer ergonomics over industry conventions
• Seeing the fruit of your labour—interacting with customers and witnessing robot behaviours you created
• Guidance from experienced developers, designers, long‑term customers and a mature yet fast‑moving codebase

Qualifications, Knowledge, Key Skills and Experience

• Experience with TypeScript and React for building dynamic, responsive front‑end applications
• Back‑end development experience in Python (Django/Flask) or equivalent in Node.js, Express, etc.
• Familiarity with Linux system development
• Familiarity with designing and consuming RESTful APIs
• Experience with Git and collaborative version control practices
• Experience in writing unit‑tested, maintainable, and scalable code
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of database systems such as PostgreSQL and MySQL; interaction via GraphQL

Desirable

• Experience building products with Large Language Models (LLMs) and integrating them into production environments
• Experience developing in C++ and/or Rust
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, deployment, and release management
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and containerised application deployment
• Experience working on real‑time systems such as video games or IoT installations
• Exposure to embedded systems or hardware integration, focusing on optimising interactions between software and physical components