Senior Software Engineer - Roboticist at Ekumen (Latin America)
Ekumen· Latin America·
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#poweringyouringenuity 🚀
Our mission is to bridge top-level technology companies with engineering talent from across the globe. With presence in LATAM, USA and Europe, we empower companies by providing remote engineering teams of all levels tailored to the needs of each project.
Our teams are passionate about technology and thrive on challenges. We value technical expertise and a willingness to learn new things. Each development is tailored to the needs of each project, so being passionate about learning and using new languages, tools, and frameworks is part of our DNA. Our software engineering teams focus on best coding practices to ensure readability, reusability, and scalability of our systems' designs and developments.
We are looking for talented Software or Robotic Engineers to work in the robotic industry as a Software Developer. You will work with people worldwide creating the technology that will impact how we live in the future. The projects are related to solving the industry's great challenges: mobile robot navigation, indoor and outdoor localization, fleet management, mission planning and control, high-performance software testing, manipulators, computer vision, simulation and much more.
Your role and responsibilities:
- Develop effective and efficient software robotic solutions applying different tech stacks, algorithms and making use of open source software
- Transmit your passion for technology and professionalism to your peers
- Be receptive and empathetic with your team and communities
- Engage in design and implementation of challenging problems for our customers, R&D and internal technology interest groups
- Train yourself and other peers within our internal tech dojo
- Feel motivated to contribute with high quality software to open source projects
If you:
- Have experience (+2 years) with ROS or ROS 2.
- Have experience (+2 years) coding with modern C++ and Python.
- Have experience with robotic simulators such as Gazebo or NVIDIA Isaac Sim.
- Have experience using Docker.
- Have a degree (Bsc., Msc. or PhD) in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics or a related field to robotics.
- Are fluent in both Spanish and English and feel comfortable in a bilingual environment.
It'd be nice if you:
- Are familiar with build systems (such as Bazel or Blaze)
- Are familiar with machine learning frameworks like PyTorch and PyTorch Lightning, Ray, etc.
- Have some robotics expertise in perception or mapping.
Join us to be part of a dynamic community where your skills and contributions truly matter!
Why work at Ekumen
- Culture: Values include collaboration, continuous growth, open dialogue, and proactive engagement. Rated 4.5/5 on LinkedIn (40 reviews) with high marks for career development (4.7/5) and work-life balance (4.4/5).
- Remote/Hybrid: Fully remote company with flexible work hours; team distributed across 13 countries.
- Notable Perks:
- “Eku-Week” – additional paid time off between December 24th and 31st.
- Profit-sharing bonuses and long-term incentive plan.
- 100% cost coverage for English lessons.
- Annual hackathon and company gatherings.
- Inflation-based and performance-based salary adjustments twice a year.
- Referral profit shares for successful hires.
- Engineering culture: Emphasis on professional development through mentorship, technical training, and internal programs (Eku-Do roadmap).