
Rapyuta Robotics, an ETH Zurich startup headquartered in Tokyo, aspires to become the global leader in making robots more accessible. We currently lead the pick-assist AMR market in Japan and have secured investments from reputable backers, including Goldman Sachs, Sony, and Yaskawa.
As we establish a global hub in Chennai as an independent center to facilitate our global expansion, we're seeking a Software Development Engineer III specializing in C++ and robotics systems. Your role will be crucial in architecting, designing, and implementing advanced robotics and distributed systems for our Warehouse Robotics platforms. You will build robust, scalable, and testable modules while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver production-quality code
Requirements
Responsibilities:
- Architect, design, and implement complex C++ modules for robotics simulation and distributed agent control
- Create and extend mock/test agents to simulate real-world robot behaviors for system validation and CI
- Design robust APIs and interfaces for agent coordination, task assignment, and status reporting
- Optimize code for performance, reliability, and maintainability in multi-threaded and real-time environments
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including robotics, cloud, and QA to deliver production-quality code
- Write and maintain high-quality unit, integration, and system tests
- Perform code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to technical leadership
Minimum Qualifications:
- At least 5-7 years of software development experience with strong C++ expertise
- Deep understanding of modern C++ including move semantics, smart pointers, lambdas, templates, type traits, SFINAE
- Strong grasp of object-oriented, generic, and functional programming paradigms
- Experience architecting and simulating distributed agent systems with message-driven architectures
- Proficient in designing extensible, modular, and testable C++ systems with solid grasp of design patterns and behavior trees
- Experience with test-driven development, unit testing, and mocking frameworks
- Proficient in multi-threading, synchronization primitives, and real-time constraints
- Understanding of coordinate transformations, quaternions, and pose/orientation math
- Strong commitment to code quality, documentation, and code reviews
- Strong communication skills in English
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Python for scripting and test automation
- Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD, and cloud robotics platforms
- Knowledge of task planning, navigation, and fleet management
- Open-source contributions in robotics or distributed systems
- Experience with static/dynamic analysis tools and CI/CD pipelines
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently
Benefits
Why us?
- Exciting and challenging problems are addressed using wide-ranging technologies and tools.
- Competitive salary
- Great team culture, peers and workplace

About Rapyuta Robotics
About
Founded in 2014 by Gajan Mohanarajah and Arudchelvan Krishnamoorthy, Rapyuta Robotics is a leading innovator in cloud robotics for warehouse automation. Headquartered in Tokyo with global offices including Bengaluru, we empower businesses to build, deploy, monitor, and scale autonomous mobile robot systems over the cloud.
Our platform, Rapyuta.io, manages everything from localization and motion planning to multi-robot coordination and fleet management. We also build hardware solutions like Pick-Assist AMRs (PA-AMR), Autonomous Forklifts (AFL), and Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (ASRS).
💰 Funding
- Raised ~$81 million across multiple rounds, including a Series C of JPY 6.4 billion in 2022
- Backed by leading global investors such as Goldman Sachs, SBI Investment, and Cyberdyne
✨What Sets Us Apart
- Cloud-First Robotics: Offloading heavy computation to the cloud allows simple, cost-effective robots to work smarter in fleets
- Scalable Architecture: Real-time dashboards, task allocation, path planning, and fleet health monitoring at scale
- Proven Deployments: Robotics solutions already in use with major logistics players in Japan and expanding globally
- Innovation Focus: Strong R&D and patents in multi-robot coordination, plus contributions to open-source robotics frameworks
🚀 Culture & Why Join
- Global, diverse teams: Colleagues from over 20 countries, bringing together expertise across robotics, AI, and cloud
- Impact from day one: Engineers own full features and see their work live in real robots used at scale
- Values-driven: A culture of openness, learning, and pushing boundaries between hardware, software, and cloud technologies
👉 Join us to shape the future of robotics and redefine how warehouses operate worldwide.
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Rapyuta Robotics is a Tokyo-based company building cloud-connected robots for warehouse automation. Their solutions include pick-assist AMRs, autonomous forklifts, and automated storage & retrieval systems, all powered by their cloud platform, rapyuta.io, which manages fleet coordination and scalability. By combining simple robots with powerful cloud software, they help logistics companies boost efficiency, cut costs, and transform warehouse operations.
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