Software Engineer

Argentina; Uruguay

Software Engineer - Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Scale's Robotics business unit is dedicated to solving the data bottleneck in Physical AI across Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, and Computer Vision. In this role, you'll be a key contributor building production systems for robotics data collection, model training pipelines, and evaluation infrastructure. You'll have the opportunity to own critical parts of our robotics platform, work directly with cutting-edge robotics and AV customers, and shape the future of embodied AI systems.

You Will:

• Own and architect large-scale data processing pipelines for robotics and autonomous vehicle datasets
• Build ML training and fine-tuning pipelines using Scale's robotics data
• Work across backend (Python, Node.js, C++), and frontend (React, TypeScript) stacks to build end-to-end solutions
• Develop tools and real-time systems for robotics data collection, teleoperation, model evaluation, data curation, and data annotation
• Interact directly with robotics and AV stakeholders to understand their technical needs and drive product development
• Design comprehensive monitoring and evaluation frameworks for robotics models and data quality
• Solving complex, late-stage industry challenges in concurrent and real-time robotic systems, with strict attention to timing constraints and data integrity. This often involves deep investigation, reviewing academic papers, and direct collaboration with robotics vendors
• Collaborate with ML engineers and researchers to bring robotics research into production
• Deliver features at high velocity while maintaining system reliability and performance

Ideally, You Have:

• At least 6 years of high-proficiency software engineering experience, with a strong background in complex systems and the ability to independently research, analyze, and unblock hard technical problems.
• Strong programming skills in Python and TypeScript/Node.js for production systems
• Experience with React and modern frontend development for 3D interfaces
• Concurrent and real-time systems, with special attention to timing constraints
• Understanding of distributed systems, workflow orchestration, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Temporal, Kubernetes, Docker)
• Experience with databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL) and data processing at large scale
• Track record of working with cross-functional teams including ML engineers, researchers, and customers
• Strong communication skills and ability to operate with high autonomy

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with C++
• Experience with robotics hardware platforms (robotic arms, mobile robots, perception systems) with a focus on time synchronization
• Background in computer vision, SLAM, motion planning, or imitation learning
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle data, lidar technologies, or 3D data processing
• Experience with ML model deployment and serving frameworks
• Knowledge of teleoperation systems (ALOHA, UMI, hand tracking) or VR interfaces
• Experience with workflow orchestration systems (Temporal, Airflow)
• Published research or open-source contributions in robotics or autonomous systems

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its Design award winner for inclusivity for 2025.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Overview

With the growth of our Android app, being the most used text-to-speech app in the Play Store, we find the need for a Senior Android Engineer to help us support the new user base as well as work on new and exciting projects to push us forward.   

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount. 

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week. 

What You’ll Do

• Owning major features and working closely with our design team - take ownership of features inside the app and become responsible of delivering high quality features
• Shape the future of our Android team
• Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
• Participate in discussions across different teams - Product, Design, Engineering
• Review pull requests, and support other teammates
• Handle critical issues or cope with unexpected challenges 
• Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for the QA team

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Familiarity with Android components
• Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app
• Product design intuition and user empathy
• Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX
• Understanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing tests
• Self-drive to improve the app and codebase above and beyond what's outlined in the spec
• Rock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests
• Excellent communication skills
• User oriented problem solving approach
• Driven with continuous feedback from leaders

Bonus:

• Experience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in Android
• Experience with iOS, Web or NodeJS

Technologies we use:

• Kotlin
• Kotlin Coroutines
• Kotlin Flow
• Jetpack Navigation
• Dagger 2
• Room
• Custom Views, Canvas & Paint
• Jetpack Compose
• JUnit

What We offer:

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

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Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

We're looking for a Junior Developer to join our multicultural team and be part of the full development cycle of web and mobile apps: including understanding business needs, designing solutions for specific problems, and developing the product. They should demonstrate a willingness to learn new things from other team members and best practices around them, and collaborate with different roles to achieve the best results. The goal is to develop high-quality software, providing value aligned with our client's business needs and our high standards.
This position is open to candidates currently living in Montevideo or Buenos Aires (CABA).

What are the main responsibilities of this role?

• Develop high-quality code, which is well-designed and testable, supported by more experienced developers.
• Active participation and collaboration with the team to achieve the project goals. For example, by actively participating in instances of the project like planning and review calls, maintenance of artifacts used in the project, etc.
• Write meaningful code reviews.
• Execute the right level of documentation for the project, for example, readme, API documentation.
• Collaborate with internal initiatives.

Which skills and experience do we envision for this role?

• +1 year of experience in the IT field.
• Software experience from degree studies.
• Experience with Node.js to build RESTful APIs, preferably using frameworks such as Express or NestJS.
• Understanding of relational and non-relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Basic knowledge of SQL queries, data modeling concepts, and asynchronous programming (Promises, async/await).
• Intermediate knowledge of design patterns and most used architectures.
• Experience with Git and version control workflows.
• Intermediate to advanced English skills.
• Ability to communicate with different stakeholders: team, client, managers.
• Experience working in Agile environments using methodologies such as Scrum, including estimation techniques, collaborating on user story writing, and defining acceptance criteria.
• Experience with AI development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot,Codex or Claude.

Join our team and enjoy:

• Access to Rootstrap University, Conferences/Certifications, and a Mentorship Program for your professional growth.
• Learning Bonus.
• Opportunities to organize cross-functional initiatives and receive 360 Feedback to improve your skills continuously.
• The flexibility to work remotely or from our offices in Montevideo or Buenos Aires with a flexible schedule and a Workation program available after the first year with the company. During the first year, we encourage a hybrid work dynamic to support onboarding, collaboration, and continuous guidance as you grow into the role.
• Gym benefits, psychological counseling, and weekly lunch reimbursements with special foods in the offices.
• An Onboarding kit and access to cutting-edge technologies and tools to make your work easier.
• Referrals program bonuses, After offices, Prizes, and special occasion gifts to celebrate your achievements.
• People Care referent to support your well-being and personal development.

We value your well-being and happiness. We grow together!

How we work:

• We offer a flexible and diverse work environment that fosters multicultural talent
• We value autonomy and creativity. We want people to bring ideas to the table and to think as leaders.
• We put our focus on real human connections.
• We have a commitment to excellence.

At Rootstrap, we help companies launch, grow, and scale their digital products and services. With over 290 global team members, we’ve built products for clients like MasterClass, Universal, Google, as well as innovative startups and inspired pioneers. Earning regular recognition with Fastest Growing Company & Best B2B Service Provider Industry accolades, our team prides itself on making an impact that transcends our efforts. We have offices in Uruguay, Argentina, and Colombia, providing the flexibility to work remotely. Know more about life at Rootstrap visiting https://www.rootstrap.com/careers .

We embrace an AI-first mindset, continuously exploring how artificial intelligence can enhance the way we build products, solve problems, and deliver value. Across all stages of the development process, we encourage our teams to actively leverage AI to boost productivity and drive innovation.

All of our candidate searches are covered under Uruguayan Law 19691 (the purpose of this law is to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities).

As part of our Security and Compliance process, all seniority levels and roles must follow the company’s information security policies and secure development practices, and promptly report any suspected security incidents or vulnerabilities.

• At the forefront of improvement, proactive around what is needed at a technical and at a team level  
• work with autonomy on develop, code, test, build, deploy and debug new software or enhancements to existing software. 
• May be involved at the architectural level 
• Mentor and up skill less experienced development staff on code and code reviewing 
• Sharpening skills on technical software developments.
• Continue to be abreast of relevant industry knowledge and trends
• Have extensive interactive platforms system knowledge
• Possessing a thorough understanding of databases, application services and application lifecycle development.
• Demonstrates subject matter expertise.
• High scalability involving cloud-based infrastructure design and implementation
• Good understanding of Web Services protocols such as REST, GraphQL and API design for extensibility and portability
• Experience debugging distributed systems with high data loads
• Good understanding of distributed data model
• Understanding of the Software as a Service (SaaS) model in the online environment
• Design, develop and implement unit and scenario testing for existing code base and for new functionality under development
• Experience as an applications programmer on large-scale data base management systems
• Is able to identify risk and propose solutions to complex, bigger and more impact situations and solutions

• +2 years of professional programming experience.
• Great knowledge of JavaScript (Full stack mindset)
• Great communication skills both in Spanish and English
• Knowledge of Node.js + react js
• Generous with knowledge 
• Problem Solving and analytical thinking
• Be driven and motivated to succeed. Be proactive by nature
• Proven experience working in scrum teams

• • AWS
  • Mysql
  • Elastic Search
  • Redis

Benefits and Perks: 

• Competitive Compensation 
• Medical insurance
• Professional Development Programs
• Employee Recognition Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Type of work: Hybrid
• Virtual Social Events including: Team Wins and Highlights from the Month, Cultural and Diversity Spotlights, and Happy Hours

About EverPass: 

Benefits and Perks: 

• Competitive Compensation 
• Medical insurance
• Professional Development Programs
• Recognition Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Type of work: Hybrid

About EverPass: 

• At the forefront of improvement, proactive around what is needed at a technical and at a team level  
• work with autonomy on develop, code, test, build, deploy and debug new software or enhancements to existing software. 
• May be involved at the architectural level 
• Mentor and up skill less experienced development staff on code and code reviewing 
• Sharpening skills on technical software developments.
• Continue to be abreast of relevant industry knowledge and trends
• Have extensive interactive platforms system knowledge
• Possessing a thorough understanding of databases, application services and application lifecycle development.
• Demonstrates subject matter expertise.
• High scalability involving cloud-based infrastructure design and implementation
• Good understanding of Web Services protocols such as REST, GraphQL and API design for extensibility and portability
• Experience debugging distributed systems with high data loads
• Good understanding of distributed data model
• Understanding of the Software as a Service (SaaS) model in the online environment
• Design, develop and implement unit and scenario testing for existing code base and for new functionality under development
• Experience as an applications programmer on large-scale data base management systems
• Is able to identify risk and propose solutions to complex, bigger and more impact situations and solutions

• +4 years of professional programming experience.
• Great knowledge of JavaScript (Full stack mindset)
• Great communication skills both in Spanish and English
• Knowledge of Node.js + react js
• Generous with knowledge 
• Problem Solving and analytical thinking
• Be driven and motivated to succeed. Be proactive by nature
• Improve coding skills, and stay up to day with technical topics related to our platform, involved and updated in how we do things at EverPass
• Own code reviews, and guard the quality of our codebase 
• Have a full understanding of the EverPass platform and its components, and our quality standards
• Have an understanding, and collaborate with the tools we use to monitor our systems, and be able to troubleshoot and fix technical issues. 
• Ensure the quality of their team's deliverables, by taking ownership of the development process, overseeing code reviews, assisting with quality, and making sure release processes are followed

• • Mysql
  • Elastic Search
  • Redis

Benefits and Perks: 

• Competitive Compensation 
• Medical insurance
• Professional Development Programs
• Recognition Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Type of work: Hybrid
• Virtual Social Events including: Team Wins and Highlights from the Month, Cultural and Diversity Spotlights, and Happy Hours

About EverPass: