Almond

A dual-arm robot built for physical AI.

Founding Software Engineer

$130K - $200K0.50% - 3.00%San Francisco, CA, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Robotics
Experience
1+ years
Visa
US citizen/visa only
Skills
Python
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Saba Khalilnaji
Saba Khalilnaji
Founder

About the role

Almond is building America’s robot factory.

We are looking for a Software Engineer to design, test, and implement key software components for our factory operations centering around agents and automated inventory, production, logistics, and QA quality control. This role is ideal for an engineer excited about working across the full product lifecycle from whiteboard sketches and prototypes to manufacturing and production.

You will contribute towards:

  • Building an autonomous factory
  • Building an agentic production system
  • Building software to ensure product quality

At minimum, you should:

  • Have strong architectural design
  • Be comfortable working across the stack and/or quickly learning relevant skills (frontend / backend / robotic control / AI)
  • Gave strong conviction in the idea that general purpose robots (humanoids + AI) are inevitable and will soon take over the physical world

An ideal candidate has experience in at least one of:

  • Building with agents
  • Strong System Design principles

We are taking on a problem that requires extreme ownership and urgency. If you’re looking for a 9-5 this role is not for you.

About the interview

  1. Introductory call
  2. Phone Screen
  3. On-site interview
    1. Assignment and experience deep-dive
    2. Collaborative roadmap & culture discussion
    3. Standard coding challenge
    4. System design interview

To apply, please submit:

  • Your CV
  • Why you want to work at Almond in your own words
  • The hardware project you’ve done

to founders@almond.bot.

Bonus for those who open a PR on our GitHub.

About Almond

Our mission is to free humans from physical labor with robotics.

We imagine a future where robots handle the essential, repetitive work and humans are free to create, connect, and pursue what truly matters to them.

To build that future we’re starting from the ground up with hardware. Our first product is a California-designed and assembled humanoid arm. Surrounding it, we’re developing advanced controls, intuitive data collection, and a full AI stack that makes deployment effortless in real industrial environments. We’re proving it on our own assembly line first.

Almond
Founded:2025
Batch:P25
Team Size:6
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Saba Khalilnaji
Saba Khalilnaji
Founder
Shawn Patel
Shawn Patel
Founder