Software Engineer - Networking (Robotics)

Location: Zurich, Switzerland; Workplace: Hybrid

Company

hirify.global is a high-growth Series A startup and ETH Zurich spin-out developing autonomous heavy construction machines through learning-based automation and augmented remote control.

What you will do

• Own the network architecture across on-machine, worksite, and site-backhaul layers.
• Build connectivity for sensor and control data, machine-to-machine communication, and remote cloud links.
• Evaluate, develop, deploy, monitor, and maintain networking infrastructure for robot fleets.
• Support field deployments and customer integrations with specialized networking requirements.
• Apply state-of-the-art security mechanisms to product-related network activity.
• Configure Linux policy-based routing to prioritize traffic and improve reliability in multi-WAN environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in network engineering, software engineering, or a similar role.
• End-to-end experience owning the network stack of a product.
• Experience architecting networks with strict timing and synchronization requirements, such as PTP.
• Experience dimensioning, configuring, and deploying in-product network architectures.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, such as Ansible, Terraform, or Nix/NixOS.

Nice to have

• Strong software engineering skills and experience with tools such as clangd, Cargo, or Pyrefly.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools including Grafana and Prometheus.
• Hands-on containerization experience with Docker or Podman.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience handling high-bandwidth, low-latency robotics data, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or robotics and DevOps tooling.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a multidisciplinary environment spanning Hardware, Perception, and Platform teams.
• Contribute to autonomous robotics technology for the construction industry.
• Help deploy networking systems across construction sites and multiple countries.
• Join an inclusive and diverse equal opportunity workplace.