Technical Field Deployed Engineer

About Lightberry Lightberry builds the software layer for expressive, interactive robots. We combine voice AI, perception, and behavior systems so robots can understand people and respond naturally. We are a small, hands-on team based in San Francisco, working across software, hardware, design, and research to turn new capabilities into robots people can interact with today. We care about thoughtful craft, fast iteration, and shipping real systems into the world. Robots with Souls Yep, you read that right. Robots are here, but they ship with no software. They’re all mute, deaf, and blind out of the box. The only way to get the robot to do anything is to write code. This is insane. We want robots to behave like in the movies: proactive, caring, aware. The role Our robots don’t live in the lab — they live in stores, showrooms, stages, and homes. Someone has to bring them there, make them shine, and make them stay. You’re the engineer in the field: deploying robots at customer sites, tuning them to their new home, and feeding everything you learn back into the product. Half engineer, half roadie, full owner. What you’ll do Deploy robots at customer sites and take them from crate to character in a day. Tune perception and behavior to each environment: lighting, noise, layout, people. Build the tools and playbooks that make the next deployment twice as fast. Work directly with customers, then turn their problems into fixes upstream. Travel — robots get deployed where the people are. What’s needed We don’t care about degrees, titles, or seniority. Show us hard problems you’ve solved — projects, repos, systems running in production. We do need: Production. You’ve built and shipped real software — and you can debug it under pressure with someone watching. People. You genuinely like customers: explaining, listening, and turning feedback into fixes. Startups. You’ve worked at a startup or pre-Series B company and are used to owning problems end to end. AI-native. It’s 2026. We won’t force AI tools on you, but we expect you to learn to get the best out of them — they’re a real multiplier, and people who skip them get left behind. Fun. You write code because you love it — side projects, open source, that tool you built just because. Bonus points Hardware. You’ve deployed software on robots or hardware before. Field. You’ve done deployments, installs, or live demos on-site before. 你会说中文吗? How to apply Tell us about something you’ve worked on before that you’re proud of Tell us about a deployment or demo you saved in the field — the messier, the better Show, don’t tell Keep it short One last thing… DO NOT apply if… You can’t stand chaos You’d work remotely every day if you could You’re not a people-person You’re pessimistic about tech, AI, and the future PLEASE apply if… You want to do your life’s work You care about developing and expressing your craft You love intense, fast-paced environments You like getting your hands dirty, no work is beneath you Life’s short, why work on B2B AI SAAS infra slop when you could work on speaking robots?