Senior Software Engineer (Edge Data & Telemetry)

Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems that unify software, hardware, and physics to produce industrial-scale parts at the speed of human ideation. By treating manufacturing as a single integrated system, we unlock a new era of innovation where complex hardware is designed, built, and scaled without limits.

In this role, you will be responsible for architecting and implementing factory edge services, backend data pipeline infrastructure and advanced telemetry capabilities of our metal 3D printing systems. You will work with petabyte-scale data feeds, enabling Freeform engineers to rapidly access critical data across the factory ecosystem. You will work with our machine learning team to provide data pipelines that feed the printing industry’s first GPU-based ML platform. Ultimately, your code will enable the first production scale, high quality, and fully automated metal 3D printing factory.

3D printing experience is not required to be successful here - rather we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving hard problems and creating amazing technology!

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement a horizontally scalable platform that ingests millions of hardware sensor data points per second.
• Deliver high-quality data services that enable the machine learning team to access real-time and historical print data.
• Develop durable, efficient database solutions for real-time queries and large-scale analytics workloads.
• Create and operate data pipelines to collect, transform, and query petabyte-scale sensor and telemetry data.
• Write, test, and deploy reliable, maintainable software that improves automation and data quality across the factory ecosystem.
• Perform system calibrations, capture quality metrics, and monitor the long-term health and performance of printing systems.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development.
• Proficiency writing, deploying, and maintaining performance oriented backend services (preferably C++, Rust, Go, or Java).
• Experience developing robust data pipeline software.

Nice to Have:

• Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related field.
• Experience with Arrow, Parquet, Iceberg, Spark, Kafka.
• Experience with time series databases, big data warehousing solutions and cloud computing.
• Experience with containerized applications and deployment via Kubernetes.
• Experience deploying to and working with physical hardware.
• Experience working with high-speed high-volume data processing pipelines.
• Familiarity with 3D data and graphics.
• Creative thinker able to apply first principles reasoning to solve complex problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

Location:

• Based in Hawthorne, our vertically integrated facility brings technology development, R&D, and production together under one roof. We operate at the center of LA’s deep tech ecosystem, surrounded by some of the most ambitious hardware innovation happening anywhere in the country.

What We Offer:

• We have an inclusive and diverse culture that values collaboration, learning, and making deliberate data-driven decisions.
• We offer a unique opportunity to be an early and integral member of a rapidly growing company that is scaling a world-changing technology.
• Benefits
  • Significant stock option packages
  • 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (premium PPO and HMO options)
  • Life insurance
  • Traditional and Roth 401(k)
  • Relocation assistance provided
  • Paid vacation, sick leave, and company holidays
  • Generous Paid Parental Leave and extended transition back to work for the birthing parent
  • Free daily catered lunch and dinner, and fully stocked kitchenette
  • Casual dress, flexible work hours, and regular catered team building events
• Compensation  
  • As a growing company, the salary range is intentionally wide as we determine the most appropriate package for each individual taking into consideration years of experience, educational background, and unique skills and abilities as demonstrated throughout the interview process. Our intent is to offer a salary that is commensurate for the company’s current stage of development and allows the employee to grow and develop within a role. 
  • In addition to the significant stock option package, the estimated salary range for this role is $150,000-$250,000. The upper end of the range is reserved for individuals who demonstrate exceptional experience, deep domain mastery, and a proven history of high performance and impact.
• Freeform is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity; employment with Freeform is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.