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title: 'Senior Backend Engineer - Full Cycle Retail Robotics Engineering at TELEXISTENCE Inc.'
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# Senior Backend Engineer - Full Cycle Retail Robotics Engineering at TELEXISTENCE Inc.

- **Company:** TELEXISTENCE Inc.
- **Location:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Employment:** contract
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2025-06-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/tx-inc.com/9e38d851-9c8f-4cbe-9b40-b240abb82810

## Job description

## Role Overview

As an engineer at Telexistence, you will not only design, develop, and maintain the core backend services for our robotic operations management system but also owns the end-to-end lifecycle of a product capability, from problem understanding and design to implementation, release, operation, measurement, and continuous improvement. You will drive technical strategy and architectural decisions, ensuring that our backend systems are scalable, secure, and cost efficient for our subscription-based enterprise solution. You will work closely with stakeholders such as business development, operations teams to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions, while managing projects and collaborating with stakeholders across the organization.

## Team & Platform Context

We develop using C# (.NET) for both backend and edge communication services to ensure unified development across systems. Robots run ROS/C++ on NVIDIA Jetson AGX devices and connect to cloud services through gRPC and MQTT. You will work across this stack—implementing backend agents, on-device services, and deployment pipelines with Ansible and Docker—to deliver seamless cloud-to-edge operations.

The Challenge: Software Meets Hardware Because our software applications (spanning both frontend and backend) serve as the direct interface for end-users, we face a constant stream of diverse and evolving requirements. You will work in a unique environment where software speed meets hardware reality:

- Bridging the Cycle Gap: Hardware and Automation development cycles are inherently longer than pure software. You will often need to devise creative software workarounds to mitigate hardware issues or implement "virtual" features to validate business value before hardware is ready.
- Elevating Engineering Standards: While teams in other specialized domains are experts in their fields, they may be less familiar with modern SaaS practices or non-functional requirements (NFRs). You will act as a bridge, supporting other teams with general software development know-how and ensuring the overall system is robust and scalable.

This role requires more than just coding; it demands the flexibility to navigate constraints and the leadership to raise the bar for software engineering across the organization.

Company-Wide Tech Stack

- Frontend: TypeScript, React, C#, Blazor, (Tailwind, shadcn)
- Backend: .NET
- Cloud Infra: Terraform, Azure, Kubernetes
- Data Stores: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
- IoT/Edge: .NET, C++, Python, ROS, NVIDIA Jetson AGX, IoT boards
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions, SonarQube, Ansible

## Requirements

- 6+ years of professional experience as a software engineer.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with C#/.NET.
- 3+ years of experience developing applications for real users, including release and operation phases.
- Experience in team development using Git with 5 or more engineers.
- Experience with containerized deployments (Docker).
- Knowledge of gRPC, MQTT, WebSocket, or similar communication protocols.
- Experience integrating telemetry and monitoring systems for distributed environments.
- Comfortable collaborating with hardware and field operations teams, thriving in fast-paced environments, and open to occasional travel for on-site support.

## Nice to Have

- Ability to read and write production-level C++.
- Experience building software for edge or IoT devices running Linux (ARM64 preferred).
- Robotics, computer vision, or automation systems experience.
- Knowledge of Azure IoT Hub, Azure Container Registry, or related cloud services.
- Familiarity with ROS/ROS2 concepts including nodes, topics, services, and launch files.
- Familiarity with web-based visualization and debugging tools.
- Background in performance optimization for real-time systems.
- Understanding of security and authentication mechanisms for device communication.
- Experience deploying robotics or large-scale IoT systems in production environments.
- Exposure to retail automation or supply chain technology.
- Experience deploying machine learning models on edge devices (TensorRT, ONNX).

## About TELEXISTENCE Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Telexistence Inc. builds and operates AI-powered robots for real-world retail and logistics environments, with a mission to grasp every single object in the world.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Tokyo, Japan
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Jin Tomioka

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Robotics and Physical AI
- Target customers: Retail convenience stores, logistics operators, robotics startups, and research institutions (B2B)
- Mission or purpose: “Change robots, change structures, and change the world” – to make robots operate outside factories and revolutionize labor.

## Products & Services
- **TX SCARA (Retail Robot)**: An AI-powered robot deployed in convenience stores for restocking and shelf management. Currently in over 300 FamilyMart stores across Japan.
- **GHOST (Next-Gen Robot)**: Next-generation model under development with Foxconn for mass production.
- **Astra (Humanoid Robot)**: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) humanoid robot being co-developed with Seven-Eleven Japan, targeting deployment in stores by 2029.
- **Motion Data Factory (Service)**: A new industrial utility generating large-scale, stable robotic motion datasets for robotics companies and researchers, launching January 2026.
- **Logistics Automation Systems**: Multi-robot systems (four robotic arms + four automated forklifts) for warehouse loading/unloading, deployed with SENKO Co., Ltd.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Total Funding**: $204.8M (as of Series B; $170M Series B led by SoftBank Group, Foxconn, Globis Capital Partners, with follow-ons from Airbus Ventures, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Monoful Venture Partners)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue ~$13M (LinkedIn estimate); deploying robots in commercial convenience stores at scale – a rare feat in the industry.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: SoftBank Group Corp., Foxconn, Airbus Ventures, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Globis Capital Partners, Monoful Venture Partners, AWS (Generative AI Innovation Center), NVIDIA (IsaacSim), Seven-Eleven Japan, FamilyMart, SENKO.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 16.2% YoY to 92 employees across 10 countries; entered strategic partnership for humanoid robot with Seven-Eleven; launched Motion Data Factory service; expanding into North America with SoftBank Robotics.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Real-world scale**: Already operating hundreds of robots in live convenience stores, accumulating real-world data that competitors lack.
- **Full-stack ownership**: In-house hardware, AI foundation models, data collection, and control – enabling rapid iteration and tight feedback loops.
- **Advanced gripping and fleet management**: Proprietary grippers that handle perforated or weak boxes, plus an AI system that coordinates multiple robot arms and forklifts in parallel.
- **Infrastructure**: Access to large-scale GPU clusters (AWS) and simulation tools (NVIDIA IsaacSim) for training foundation models.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue scaling deployments in retail and logistics (Japan → North America).
- Advance humanoid robot development (Astra) with Seven-Eleven for 2029 rollout.
- Grow the Motion Data Factory as a utility service to power the broader robotics ecosystem.
- Solidify mass production capabilities with Foxconn for next-gen models.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Highly flexible – no fixed hours, remote/hybrid/in-person options as long as goals are met. Results-driven environment.
- **Team**: Multinational group of top specialists in hardware, software, AI, and teleoperation. Distributed across 10 countries (Japan, India, Turkey, Canada, US, etc.).
- **Impact**: Work on frontier robotics problems with immediate real-world deployment – from convenience store shelves to logistics hubs.
- **Growth**: Rapid scaling phase post-Series B; opportunities to shape platform from early stage.
- **Perks**: Start-up agility with global investor backing; exposure to cutting-edge AI and robotics stack.

## Sources
1. [tx-inc.com](https://tx-inc.com/en/)
2. [tx-inc.com/about](https://tx-inc.com/en/about/)
3. [tx-inc.com/career](https://tx-inc.com/en/career/)
4. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/tx-inc.com)
5. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/telexistenceinc)

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