Software Engineer, Robotics Platform (Rust)

We're hiring a

Software Engineer, Robotics Platform (Rust)

to help build HARP, our Rust-based robotics and teleoperation platform, with a focus on code quality, stability, and hardware integration.

About Haply

Haply Robotics builds the world's most precise haptic devices and the software platform that turns them into useful tools for teleoperation, robot control, simulation, and creative work. HARP (Haply Advanced Robotics Platform) is our Rust-based, plugin-driven control plane. It talks to Inverse3 / VerseGrip on one side and to a wide range of industrial robots on the other, and lets non-technical operators drive any of them through a haptic device.

About the Role

You'll work alongside robotics engineers on a Rust-based haptic robotics and teleoperation platform, with a focus on code quality, stability, and maintainability. The robotics domain knowledge lives with the team. Your job is to make sure the code surrounding it is solid, well-tested, and easy to evolve. You'll also participate in hardware integration work: setting up communication protocols and helping diagnose communication and firmware issues for custom in-house hardware. You'll collaborate closely with the engineers who own the control side.

We're looking for someone who approaches the role with intentionality. Someone who plans changes thoughtfully, communicates their reasoning, and builds toward a healthier codebase over time. Not someone who ships fixes without considering the broader impact.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain core components of HARP, our Rust-based robotics platform.
• Build reliable software that connects Haply devices with industrial robots and external systems.
• Design clean, maintainable APIs and plugin architectures for future platform expansion.
• Integrate new hardware by implementing communication layers and debugging protocol-level issues.
• Collaborate closely with robotics and firmware engineers to diagnose hardware and communication problems.
• Improve software quality through testing, code reviews, documentation, and thoughtful architecture.
• Optimize concurrency, performance, and system reliability across the platform.
• Contribute to cross-stack development involving Rust, Tauri, TypeScript, and React.
• Participate in architecture discussions and continuously improve the long-term health of the codebase.

Who You Are

• 3–5\+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• At least 2 years of experience developing production software in Rust.
• Strong understanding of modern Rust, including ownership, lifetimes, traits, error handling, and concurrency.
• Experience building systems-level software with clean API design and maintainable architecture.
• Comfortable debugging hardware communication and working with networking or communication protocols.
• Experience designing, testing, and maintaining production-quality software.
• Familiarity with Git, code review workflows, automated testing, and collaborative software development.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across software, robotics, firmware, and hardware teams.

Bonus Points

• Experience with robotics, haptics, teleoperation, or motion control systems.
• Experience with Tauri, TypeScript, or React.
• Familiarity with plugin architectures, shared libraries, or FFI.
• Experience with Protobuf or other serialization formats.
• Experience profiling and optimizing high-performance software.
• Familiarity with Linux, Windows, and cross-platform development.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD and DevOps workflows.
• Interest in Physical AI and human-machine interaction.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Build the software platform powering the next generation of Physical AI.
• Work directly with real robots, haptic devices, and cutting-edge hardware.
• Shape the architecture of HARP as it evolves into a production robotics platform.
• Collaborate with world-class robotics, firmware, hardware, and software engineers.
• Ship software that's used by leading robotics and AI organizations around the world.
• Join a fast-growing, venture-backed company where your work has immediate impact.

Interested? Apply through the link!