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Ghost Robotics

Robot type
Defense
Location
PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Sep 11, 2026
Salary
$135,000–$185,000 a year
Full-time

C++ Software Engineer (Senior, Staff, or Lead)

Job description

We're a robotics company building reliable, high-performance systems that operate in the real world. Our work spans perception, control, and systems software, and we value clean design, maintainability, and engineering rigor as much as raw performance.

We're hiring a C++ Software Engineer with strong modern C++ skills and solid general software engineering practices. You'll work on core robotics software while also contributing to the tooling, build systems, and CI infrastructure that keep our development fast and reliable. This role suits someone who enjoys both architecting clean C++ systems and owning the engineering environment around them.

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Job responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain high-quality C++ code for robotics systems
  • Apply modern C++ (C++17/20) design patterns and best practices
  • Contribute to system architecture with a focus on performance, safety, and maintainability
  • Set up and maintain Linux-based development environments
  • Configure and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment
  • Improve build systems (e.g., CMake) and dependency management
  • Write unit and integration tests, and support automated testing workflows
  • Collaborate with robotics, controls, and hardware engineers

Job requirements

  • Strong proficiency in modern C++ (C++17 or newer), with real experience shipping production systems. We weigh what you've built and shipped over where your degree is from.
  • Hands-on command of modern C++ concepts: RAII, smart pointers, move semantics, templates and generic programming, concurrency primitives and thread safety, and clean API and library design
  • Solid understanding of software design principles and patterns
  • Experience working in Linux development environments
  • Hands-on experience with Git and collaborative workflows
  • Experience setting up or maintaining CI pipelines (GitLab CI preferred)
  • Familiarity with build systems such as CMake
  • Strong debugging skills and attention to detail
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