Role Overview

Bucket Robotics is hiring a Founding Fullstack Engineer to architect and build our core platform from the ground up. You'll own the entire product stack that transforms CAD models into production-ready AI systems deployed on factory floors.

This role is perfect for an engineer who loves building reliable, scalable systems from scratch—and wants to see their code running on real production lines.

Responsibilities

• Design and build services for managing model training, deployment, and telemetry
• Architect systems that go from CAD → synthetic data → deployed defect detector
• Optimize model serving for low-latency inference on Jetson-class devices
• Build data pipelines and observability tools that give insight into deployed AI systems
• Work closely with the CEO and core team to shape product and technical strategy

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in backend, infrastructure, or systems roles
• Enjoys wearing many hats
• Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript, and React
• Experience designing scalable APIs, task queues, and service-based systems
• Familiarity with containers, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), and CI/CD
• Solid understanding of performance profiling, observability, and debugging in production environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience deploying ML models to edge devices or with ONNX/TensorRT
• Experience working with 3D data formats (e.g. STEP, STL, glTF) or synthetic data generation
• Experience working with 3D modeling tools like Blender or Three.js
• Background in IoT, robotics, or computer vision infrastructure
• Previous startup or founding engineer experience

What We Offer

• Competitive salary & meaningful equity – shape the company and share in its success
• Comprehensive benefits – health, dental, and vision insurance
• Professional development budget – attend conferences, take courses, grow your skills
• A chance to build something real – work with a great team of roboticists, helping expand tooling for manufacturing.

Our Values

• Innovation First: We push the boundaries of what's possible in robotics
• Ownership Mentality: We take responsibility and act like founders
• Collaborative Spirit: We work together to solve complex challenges
• Continuous Learning: We're always growing and improving

Bucket Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Interview Process

Our goal is to make this process respectful, fast, and focused on real-world skills—not LeetCode tricks or busywork. We’re hiring a founding engineer, and we want to understand how you think, how you build, and how you operate under ambiguity.

1. Phone Screen (15 minutes)

A quick call with our founder to:

• Introduce the company and what we’re building
• Hear a bit about your background and goals
• Answer any quick questions

This is mostly a vibe check and mutual context setter.

2. Systems Thinking Challenge (Take-Home, ~2–3 hours, due in 4 days)

We’ll give you a small, toy problem from our world (e.g. synthetic data, defect classification, deployment infra).

What we’re asking you to do:

• Sketch a system design at a high level
• Write some light pseudocode or skeleton code to show your approach
• Estimate how long you’d need to implement a v1
• Write 3–4 short paragraphs on limitations, edge cases, and how you’d improve it

This isn’t meant to be a full build or a test of perfection—it’s to see how you approach real problems, communicate tradeoffs, and reason about complexity.

3. Systems Thinking Take Home Review (20 minutes)

A conversation on the take home exercise to talk through:

• the tradeoffs of the solution you designed
• how you would approach the implementation

4. Culture & Collaboration Interview (45 minutes)

A conversation focused on:

• How you’ve worked in small, scrappy teams
• How you deal with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and failure modes
• What you need in a teammate/founder to do your best work

We want to know: can you thrive in the chaos of an early-stage startup?

5. Programming Interview (45 minutes)

A hands-on technical session with an experienced engineer. We’ll walk through code together and talk about:

• Code clarity and correctness
• Problem-solving approach
• Communication and collaboration in a technical setting

6. Final Decision

We’ll move quickly after interviews conclude. If we’re aligned, we’ll get you an offer and start onboarding. We want to build momentum and move fast—and we’ll respect your time throughout the process.