Staff Software Engineer
Podium AutomationNew York, New York, United States
Posted April 1, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Podium Automation specializes in the design and fabrication of custom control cabinets, leveraging proprietary software and advanced automation to streamline production. By reimagining traditional control panel manufacturing, the company dramatically cuts lead times—from months to weeks—while maintaining superior quality. Holding UL 508A and UL 698A certifications, Podium Automation ensures compliance with industry safety and reliability standards. Its focus on rapid, high‑quality delivery positions it as a leader in the industrial automation market.
Job Description
Podium Automation is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of our component intelligence platform, which enables instant and accurate panel design. The successful candidate will own and lead the platform, designing and building systems to extract, validate, and serve trustworthy information from challenging data sources.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- 4+ years of experience in a startup environment
- Deep experience tackling the problem of extracting and structuring information from messy, inconsistent real-world data sources
- Experience in applied ML, computer vision, NLP, or document understanding (OCR, layout parsing, etc.)
- Experience with the Deno or Node.js runtime environment
- Familiarity with industrial controls or electrical design
