Software Engineer, Systems & Infrastructure

About the role

About Matroid

Matroid is a full-service computer vision company that has developed an end-to-end platform allowing enterprise customers to rapidly train and deploy automated visual inspection on imagery including EO, IR, X-Ray, CT, OCT, and others.

Founded in 2016 by a Stanford professor, Matroid has a broad and rapidly growing set of customers in manufacturing, industrial IoT, government and security.

We’re looking for a talented Software Engineer to help develop the systems & infrastructure that powers Matroid’s computer vision platform. Working alongside software and computer vision experts, you’ll collaborate to solve problems, enable features and increase efficiency by building new shared services, systems, and tooling.

You’ll be working onsite at our new downtown Palo Alto office, located near the Stanford campus and Caltrain.

What you’ll do

Architect & code up new system capabilities to enable the features of our computer vision platform
Develop secure, reliable, scalable infrastructure projects; ranging from the hardware running our platform to the software abstractions powering it
Increase efficiency across engineering with better libraries, tooling and automation
Apply modern best practices such as infrastructure-as-code and observability

How you’ll be doing it

Operating in a collaborative but highly autonomous environment where you are empowered to make an impact
Developing in a codebase with modern technologies, where quality matters
Knowing that everything you build affects real-world users, with corresponding quality standards for your work
Collaborating with other engineers on your team, as well as our other expert teams, including product, deep learning and field engineering

What you bring to the table

Extreme enthusiasm for working on infrastructure and backend systems - you care deeply about how software systems work, and want to be around other people who feel the same
Strong Python coding skills
Expertise with Linux and systems programming
Bachelors in CS or equivalent
4+ years experience developing software

Bonus points if...

Significant work experience as a software engineer in backend infrastructure
Personal projects that demonstrate an interest/expertise in systems, infrastructure, networking, etc.
Experience with: Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, Helm, Kafka, Redis, Prometheus, MongoDB, Nginx
Experience with DevOps, MLOps, SRE and/or InfoSec
Familiarity with machine learning technologies, concepts and operation

What we offer in return

Competitive pay and equity
The chance to constantly work on stimulating intellectual challenges
Gym membership reimbursement
Free lunch, healthy drinks, and snacks every day
Medical, dental, and vision insurance with 100% paid premiums
A flexible schedule that leaves time for all of your other interests
A budget for whatever hardware or software will make you most effective
Regular tech talks to discuss the latest advances in CV, DL and software engineering

Matroid is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.