Senior Control Software Engineer (all genders welcome)

Overview

Freshly cooked food. Everywhere. All the time. With our robots, we’re transforming the way the world cooks and enjoys food. Through technology that supports the foodservice industry, reduces food waste, and elevates culinary quality to a new, scalable level. Accessible to everyone. Everywhere. Anytime. We give our all to make this happen – across every level, team and function.

As a Senior Control Software Engineer, you develop the intelligence of our robots across all levels – from planning and orchestration to the logic of individual components and embedded code. You take ownership of the entire development cycle and tackle bugs holistically to sustainably improve reliability, performance, and code quality.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of features and issue resolution : Take full responsibility for identifying, reproducing, diagnosing, fixing, testing, and deploying changes across a broad control software codebase. Make independent design decisions and contribute directly to the evolution of our systems.
• Boosting reliability and performance : Strengthen core components – including planning and orchestration logic, state machines, and embedded sensor/actuator control – to reduce field bugs, regressions, and mean time to recovery (MTTR), while increasing throughput and overall system stability.
• Level 3 production support : Act as the escalation point for unexpected issues in the field. Using telemetry data, triage incidents, contain impact, implement long-term fixes, and ensure learnings are fed back into the codebase, test coverage, and operational runbooks.

Your Role

Freshly cooked food. Everywhere. All the time. With our robots, we’re transforming the way the world cooks and enjoys food. Through technology that supports the foodservice industry, reduces food waste, and elevates culinary quality to a new, scalable level. Accessible to everyone. Everywhere. Anytime. We give our all to make this happen – across every level, team and function.

As a Senior Control Software Engineer, you develop the intelligence of our robots across all levels – from planning and orchestration to the logic of individual components and embedded code. You take ownership of the entire development cycle and tackle bugs holistically to sustainably improve reliability, performance, and code quality.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• 8+ years of professional experience in relevant domains, ideally at the intersection of software and hardware
• Strong software development skills with a clear understanding of hardware-related contexts
• Proven experience in at least one of the following areas: academic research, startup environments, or independently developed technical projects
• Exceptional code comprehension skills – you can read and debug others’ code faster than they can
• High sense of ownership – you take full responsibility for your code, including features, bugs, and long-term maintainability
• Fluent in English – German or other languages are a plus

What we offer you

At goodBytz, you are more than just part of a team – you become an important co-creator. We are looking for colleagues who not only think along but also have the courage to express critical thoughts. For us, respect, trust, and open exchange are the basis for success and satisfaction.

You can expect:

• A unique working environment: Immerse yourself in a world between cutting-edge technology and innovative gastronomy – visionaries, tinkerers, and connoisseurs work hand in hand with us.
• Trust and responsibility: Personal responsibility and freedom to make operational decisions. We rely on your expertise and ideas.
• Short paths, big impact: Flat hierarchies and a collaborative team across all areas. Your ideas are heard quickly and implemented even faster.
• Flexibility for your life: Flexible working hours and the possibility to work remotely (as far as your position allows).
• Attractive additional benefits: Subsidy for Urban Sports Club membership, subsidy for the Deutschlandticket, Edenred City Card.
• Sustainable commuting – with your dream bike: Bike leasing to support you and the planet. From the end of probation, you’re ready to ride with our support.
• A strong start with strong gear: Onboarding with top-tier equipment and an introduction that brings you into our world.
• A dynamic startup environment: Fast-growing company with market and expansion potential—make a difference from the start and grow with us.
• Team events that inspire: Regular events and activities from cooking evenings to joint workouts.
• Culinary highlights: Fresh, healthy meals prepared by our Culinary Arts Team or from our robots, plus fresh fruit and a candy bar.
• Come as you are – and just say “you”: On a first-name basis with equal footing and a culture of trust.

About us

Our mission GoodBytz develops intelligent cooking robots to enable professional chefs to scale and reproduce their cooking. We provide culinary innovators with a comprehensive solution based on robots, AI and Big Data tools, enabling sustainable food production and preparation. Our robotic kitchens perform all processes from portioning to washing pots with integrated sensor technology for precise monitoring and control, achieving high quality.

Our values At GoodBytz we empower autonomy and transparency, value diversity, and aim to democratize healthy, sustainable and delicious food.