Teleo is a robotics startup disrupting a trillion-dollar industry. Teleo converts construction heavy equipment, like loaders, dozers, excavators, trucks, etc. into autonomous robots. This technology allows a single operator to efficiently control multiple machines simultaneously, delivering substantial benefits to our customers while significantly enhancing operator safety and comfort.
Teleo is founded by Vinay Shet and Rom Clément, experienced technology executives who led the development of Lyft’s Self Driving Car and Google Street View. Teleo is backed by YCombinator, Up Partners, F-Prime Capital, and a host of industry luminaries. Teleo’s product is already deployed on several continents and generating revenue.
Teleo is poised for rapid growth. This presents a unique opportunity to be part of a team that is creating a product with a profound impact on our customers, working on cutting-edge 100,000-pound autonomous robots, engineering intricate systems at the intersection of hardware, software, and AI, and joining the early stages of an exciting startup journey.
About the Role
Own and professionalize Teleo's full-stack platform. Unify fragmented internal tools and customer-facing products into a cohesive, production-grade stack. Establish engineering standards for web and cloud development across the company and scale the platform as the business grows.
Core Responsibilities
Own the architecture and development of customer-facing dashboards and internal tools
Consolidate and harden a landscape of full-stack applications into maintainable, well-tested production services
Define and enforce engineering standards: API design, code quality, testing, CI/CD, and deployment practices for all full-stack work
Build and maintain backend services in Python and Node.js on AWS (Lambda, EC2, DynamoDB, S3, Cognito)
Develop responsive frontend experiences in React with TypeScript
Manage cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or CDK)
Integrate with hardware systems via REST APIs and WebSockets for control and telemetry
Participate in remote support rotations, including occasional early/late hours
Required Qualifications
4+ years of professional full-stack development (Python + React/TypeScript)
Strong backend fundamentals: REST API design, authentication, database modeling
Production AWS experience (Lambda, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, or comparable services)
DevOps experience: CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and production operations
Demonstrated ability to own and ship products end-to-end with minimal oversight
Comfortable working in office in Palo Alto, CA
Preferred Qualification
Infrastructure-as-code: Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation
Frontend state management, component architecture, and modern React patterns
Securing and hardening web applications for production use
Monitoring, logging, and alerting for production web services
Working across multiple codebases and projects simultaneously
Bonus Points
Early-stage startup experience, comfortable with ambiguity, fast iteration, and wearing multiple hats
Hardware-adjacent experience: comfortable with telemetry systems, embedded device interfaces, or basic electronics concepts
Experience with ROS
Experience with C/C++
Teleo is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. All qualified people are encouraged to apply.
