Frontend Engineer

About this role:

Pickle is on the hunt for a dynamic and driven Frontend Engineer to revolutionize the future of warehouse automation. As a Frontend Engineer at Pickle Robot, you will work in a small team of engineers using agile processes to build flexible, configurable software for parcel handling robots. In this position, you will be responsible for supporting the development of the user interface on our robots.

What You’ll Accomplish:

• UI Best Practices - You’ll join a dedicated frontend team, but have creative autonomy and technical ownership of the UI. You will need to be well versed in frontend architecture decisions and how to interact with a realtime and async backend.
• Hands-on Technical Contributions - Much of this role involves coding across our software stack to drive our product and engineering goals.
• Technical Collaboration - You'll engage in code reviews and technical design sessions, with other engineers.
• Process Improvement - We value iteration in both software and process, and you will be an active participant in helping us improve both technically as well as operationally.
• Being Glue - We’re still a relatively small team, so we’ll need you to be comfortable working across a variety of initiatives. This could include contributing to new projects, designing new features, optimizing and refactoring code, researching new technologies, or responding to production issues.

Who You Are:

• You have a flexible and creative approach to problem solving.
• Strong experience of over 5 years with frontend technologies such as React, TypeScript, JavaScript, etc.
• Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, RESTful API calls, SSE (server sent events) and core JavaScript concepts.
• Experience working with UI designers to implement features.
• Making hands-on technical contributions as a senior engineer in an agile environment.
• Leading iterative development initiatives from ideation through implementation.
• You know and care about sound engineering practices such as CI/CD, defensive programming, feature flags, and automated testing.
• Able to work in our Cambridge office at least 3 days a week




Nice to Have Skills

• Strong experience with Next.js, specifically the App Router
• Experience with Tailwind CSS.
• Experience with i18n, such as next-intl
• Experience with 3D rendering (Three.js, WebGL, etc.)
• Experience with Docker development and deployment workflows.
• Working at an early stage start-up.
• Working at a robotics company.
• Experience with ROS pubsub systems

About Pickle Robot

Pickle Robot is a pioneer in Physical AI for supply chain applications. Today Pickle robots autonomously unload trucks, trailers, and import containers at human-scale or better performance. The alternative is manual work that is difficult, dirty, sometimes dangerous, and increasingly hard to staff at distribution centers around the globe. Pickle Robot is laser focused on automating truck unloading using generative AI, machine learning, computer vision, advanced sensors, and industrial robotics to deliver engineered products customers rely on. Pickle Robot Unload Systems work alongside people on loading docks to make the work safer, faster, and more efficient. Pickle robots are physical AI that unload trucks.

Pickle provides best-in-class benefits including health, dental, & vision insurance; unlimited vacation, along with all federal and state holidays; 401K contributions of 5% your salary, travel supplies, and other items to make your working life more fun, comfortable, and productive.