Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Company: Apptronik
Location: Austin
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing
AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our
flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate
thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as
manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in
healthcare, the home, and beyond. We operate at the cutting edge of
embodied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack
to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a
team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the
complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass
production to change the world for the better. JOB SUMMARY We are
seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to own and
maintain the deployment of our cloud-based infrastructure to
customer sites. In this role, you will work closely with our
Applications Engineers, IT, and software teams to ensure the smooth
deployment of our solution which collects training data and deploys
models to real-time robotic systems. Providing a reliable framework
will accelerate progress integrating Google DeepMind’s Gemini
Robotics Model to humanoid robot hardware. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Partnering with customers
and Applications Engineers to remove roadblocks to deployment
success Writing and fixing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm,
Ansible) Developing and maintaining code in Python / Typescript
Troubleshooting networking, performance, and security challenges
Collaborating with engineering and product teams to shape
improvements Responding to outages, participating in on-call
rotations and traveling occasionally to customer sites to support
deployment and integration SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS Strong
communication skills, customer empathy and flexibility to adapt
Hands-on Linux systems engineering and networking experience
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Helm,
Ansible) Development experience in Kubernetes / Python / Typescript
/ C++ Experience creating intuitive and high-utility dashboards and
vizualizations (Grafana) Integrating real-time monitoring and
alerting (eg PagerDuty) Takes initiative and seeks ownership of the
end-to-end infrastructure solution Willingness to travel as needed
for client support EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE Bachelor's or
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related
technical field. Minimum of 5 years of professional, full-time
experience building and maintaining reliable, scalable systems.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and
working on a computer Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen Hearing and
speech to communicate *This is a direct hire. Please, no outside
Agency solicitations. Apptronik provides equal employment
opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and
prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard
to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability
status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic
protected by federal, state or local laws.
Keywords: Apptronik, Round Rock , Senior Site Reliability Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Austin, Texas
