Senior Software Engineer at Nidus

This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers. She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title Senior Software Engineer Salary Not Disclosed Company Description Nidus is a well-backed seed-stage startup building an AI-first, software-defined manufacturing platform to revitalize American industrial production. Founded by experts from defense tech and AI, Nidus combines robotics, ML infrastructure, and cloud systems to turn complex assembly work into reliable, software-driven telemetry and throughput. Job Description As a Senior Software Engineer at Nidus, you will architect the backend systems and data pipelines powering the factory of the future. You'll build hybrid cloud and on-prem services that maintain uptime in high-stakes industrial environments. This is a hands-on, founding-team role driving the software backbone for autonomous, localized manufacturing. Location New York City, USA Why this role is remarkable Join a high-ownership founding team in NYC, working directly with founders to solve the structural challenges of US manufacturing.Work in a unique environment where world-class robotics researchers, mechanical engineers, and defense-tech software veterans collaborate under one roof.Build mission-critical systems where reliability is paramount, applying industrial-grade discipline to petabyte-scale visual data pipelines and ML infrastructure. What You Will Do Design and implement multi-compute architectures spanning embedded devices, on-prem factory services, and cloud-based backend systems.Build petabyte-scale visual data pipelines for ingesting, indexing, and preparing manufacturing data for machine learning workflows.Develop resilient infrastructure-as-code and observability tools that ensure high uptime and performance in noisy industrial production environments. The ideal candidate Has 3–6 years of experience building and shipping production-grade software with a focus on backend systems, infrastructure, or data at scale.Possesses deep expertise in hybrid cloud/edge environments and is comfortable managing complex systems that handle terabytes to petabytes of data.Thrives in an in-person, fast-iterating startup culture and is capable of owning technical direction from architecture to end-to-end execution. Who are Jack & Jill? Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. How does this work? Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives. We never post fake jobs This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network. Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description. We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it. Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.