Senior Software Engineer

Roboflow

San Francisco, California, United StatesFull-time$250,000–$450,000Posted Oct 8, 2026

About the role

Who We Are

Roboflow is building the visual cortex for AGI.

Every day, millions of developers and half of the Fortune 100 use Roboflow to count cells to accelerate cancer research, improve construction site safety, digitize floor plans, preserve coral reef populations, guide drone flight, and much more.

We have built the tools, community, and resources needed to make the world programmable with artificial intelligence. We're supported by great customers and investors, having raised over $100 million from Google Ventures, Craft Ventures, Sam Altman, Lachy Groom, Y Combinator, and more.

Roboflow Labs is our applied research unit. We train our own open models (RF-DETR). We build our own benchmarks grounded in real enterprise use cases (RF100-VL). And we partner with frontier labs to deliver the training data they need to advance the capabilities that drive the most value back to our customers.

Behind all of it is a global network of millions of Roboflow developers who have annotated billions of images and videos to date, as well as a proven enterprise business that is exploding as AI traverses the physical economy.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Software Engineer at Roboflow Labs, you'll build the platform that turns a frontier lab's data request into a shipped, quality-checked delivery.

Design, build, and own the Labs data platform end to end: client-facing catalog and delivery portal, contributor-facing collection and payout tooling, and the shared data foundation underneath.

Build delivery pipelines that ingest, validate, package, and ship datasets with the provenance, rights tracking, and audit trail that frontier lab procurement teams require

Automate quality: consensus, review routing, fraud and duplicate detection, and the metrics that make dataset quality visible before it reaches a customer

Partner with Strategic Projects Leads and operators to turn each new delivery into reusable infrastructure rather than a one-off

Integrate with Roboflow's core platform and open-source tooling so that Labs benefits from, and contributes back to, the product millions of developers already use

Set the engineering bar for a new team: architecture, code review, observability, and the on-call and release practices that let a small group ship reliably.

Who You Are

You are a senior full stack engineer who likes building zero-to-one. You have high agency and a bias toward action.

6+ years building production software, with real depth in backend systems, data pipelines, or full-stack engineering.

Experience designing systems that process large volumes of data reliably.

Strong product judgment.

Nice to have: experience with annotation or human-data platforms, marketplaces with payouts, ML training data pipelines, or computer vision tooling

Where You'll Work

Roboflow is a fully distributed company with hubs in San Francisco, New York City, Singapore, and Brazil. Roboflow Labs works in person in San Francisco. We host full company retreats twice per year.

What You'll Receive

The target compensation for this role is $250,000 - $450,000 base salary commensurate with experience as well as equity in the company. Total cash comp is expected to scale significantly with growth of Roboflow Labs.

In addition, we offer generous perks and benefits. Below are some of the highlights:

Generous stipends covering travel, productivity, tools, meals, and office.

Up to 100% of your health insurance costs covered.

Unlimited PTO - with an annual 2 week minimum.

12 weeks parental leave

Not sure if this is you?

We want a diverse, global team with a broad range of experience and perspectives. We carefully consider every application and will either move forward with you, find another team that might be a better fit, keep in touch for future opportunities, or thank you for your time.

Learn More About Us

At Roboflow, we believe great ideas come from everywhere, and everyone. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and own the Labs data platform, including catalog, delivery, contributor tooling, and shared data infrastructure
  • Build reliable dataset delivery pipelines with provenance, rights tracking, and audit trails
  • Automate dataset quality checks, review routing, fraud detection, and duplicate detection
  • Turn new data deliveries into reusable infrastructure
  • Integrate with Roboflow's core platform and open-source tooling
  • Establish engineering practices for architecture, code review, observability, on-call, and releases

Qualifications

  • 6+ years building production software, with depth in backend systems, data pipelines, or full-stack engineering
  • Experience designing reliable systems that process large volumes of data
  • Strong product judgment and ability to build zero-to-one
  • Experience with annotation or human-data platforms, payout marketplaces, ML training data pipelines, or computer vision tooling is a plus

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Stipends for travel, productivity, tools, meals, and office expenses
  • Up to 100% of health insurance costs covered
  • Unlimited PTO with a two-week annual minimum
  • 12 weeks of parental leave

Skills mentioned

Backend DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentSystem DesignDistributed SystemsData EngineeringData PipelinesETLDatabase DesignAutomationSoftware Testing