--- title: Software Engineer, Policy Deployment & Evaluation description: XDOF is hiring for the Software Engineer, Policy Deployment & Evaluation role in San Mateo, CA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/software-engineer-policy-deployment-and-evaluation-at-xdof-01a1624c-bccf-7e0a-8f8f-8913c203b117 date: 2026-10-26T01:20:38Z og_description: Join XDOF as Software Engineer, Policy Deployment & Evaluation in San Mateo, CA. Pays $180K–$300K per year. Full-time, hybrid role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/w73r48.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | XDOF | | **Location** | San Mateo, CA (Hybrid) | | **Salary** | $180K/yr - $300K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 22, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** XDOF sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 4 H-1B petitions (FY2025 Q4 – FY2026 Q3). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for XDOF. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $188,000 – $225,000 a year (median $205,000). ## Description At XDOF, we’re at an inflection point. Frontier labs are racing to build general-purpose robots, and high-quality training data is the bottleneck. We’re building the foundation behind the foundation models – the data collection systems, operational capability, exabyte-scale data warehouse, and software toolchain – to help our partners drive the field forward. We’re looking for a Policy Deployment & Evaluation Engineer to build the product and infrastructure that lets us and our partners deploy and evaluate learned robotis policies on real hardware. Examples of things you might work on are: deploying VLAs, imitation learning models, and DAgger workflows onto embodied systems, building the evaluation frameworks that measure how they perform, and shipping the product surfaces that make this accessible to partners. **What You’ll Do** Policy Deployment & Evaluation engineers own the systems that get models running on robots and measure how well they work. Sample projects include: - deploying and running learned robot policies (VLAs, imitation learning, DAgger) on real hardware, including inference setup, on-robot tuning, and failure diagnosis - designing and building evaluation frameworks that benchmark policy performance on physical robots, with metric definition, result aggregation, and partner-facing reporting - building the product that lets partners configure, launch, and monitor evaluation runs and model deployments - building orchestration systems that schedule evaluation runs and model deployments across robot stations - integrating LLMs and foundation models into robot workflows for task specification, error recovery, or high-level planning - containerizing and packaging robot-side software stacks so new stations and deployments can be brought online quickly and consistently - bridging on-robot systems with cloud-side compute, storage, and orchestration **About You** **Baseline skills:** - bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field - 3+ years of industry experience in software engineering, with exposure to robotics or ML deployment - strong Python skills and comfort working in Linux environments - experience deploying ML models to real systems, not just training them - familiarity with containerization (Docker) and building reproducible deployment workflows **You might be a good fit if you:** - have deployed imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or VLA policies on physical robots - have built evaluation or benchmarking infrastructure for robotic systems or ML models - have experience with DAgger or other interactive data collection and policy refinement loops - have experience with ROS/ROS2 and understand robotics middleware at the integration level - have built product features or partner-facing tools on top of technical infrastructure - are very comfortable working in 0→1 environments - are mission-driven and passionate about robotics: work at XDOF is fast-paced and constant. We hope you love what you’re going to be doing, because you’ll be doing a lot of it! ## Skills - Cloud Computing - Vision-Language-Action Model - Robot Operating Systems - Robotics - Software Deployment - Planning - Python - Foundation Models - Docker - Robotic Systems - Statistics - Benchmarking - Packaging - Middleware - Imitation Learning - Containerization - Large Language Models (Llm) - Data Collection - Computer Science - Reinforcement Learning - Linux - Machine Learning ## Related - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Development jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Developer / Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development/software-developer-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 278937 jobs - [Robotics](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/manufacturing/robotics?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 4354 jobs - [San Mateo, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-mateo?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 2105 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 278937 jobs - [Robotics](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/manufacturing/robotics?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 4354 jobs - [San Mateo, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-mateo?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 2105 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)