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Engineering Manager - Software/Cloud
Rivr
Location: Zürich
RIVR, part of Amazon is a robotics company pioneering Physical AI through real-world doorstep delivery. Founded in 2024 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, RIVR developed wheeled-legged robots designed to operate in complex, unstructured environments such as stairs, gates, doors, and uneven urban terrain. We believe that achieving general physical intelligence requires solving real customer problems in the real world, where robots can learn from rich operational data at scale.
Following our acquisition by Amazon in March 2026, we are continuing this mission with greater reach and speed. By combining custom robot hardware, onboard autonomy, and cloud-based coordination, RIVR, part of Amazon is building the next generation of safe, reliable autonomous robots for last-mile delivery
Job Description
Following our acquisition by Amazon in March 2026, RIVR is accelerating its mission to build the next generation of safe, reliable autonomous robots for last-mile delivery. As an Engineering Manager for our Fleet & Cloud Systems team, you will grow and lead a high-performing squad of backend and infrastructure engineers building the server-side brains of our robotics platform.
You will drive the definition of the Cloud team roadmap, with the mission to support the needs of a robotic fleet at scale across its software development lifecycle. Your team will build the machine learning workflows that train the robot’s models. They will build infrastructure to provision and deploy robots at scale, with utmost attention to business continuity. Finally, they’ll build tools to streamline field operations, including observability, AI-assisted triaging and root cause analysis, predictive maintenance.
You will operate in a novel space, interacting with stakeholders from vastly different backgrounds. You will establish deep relationships with them and ensure your roadmap fits and anticipates their needs.
What you’ll be doing
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 5–8 DevOps, backend and full-stack engineers, conducting regular 1-on-1s, managing performance, and fostering a culture of high ownership, psychological safety, and candid feedback.
Partner closely with other teams to design seamless, end-to-end features for robot operations and real-world delivery experiences.
Collaborate with the bigger software org to structure projects, align timelines and adjust execution.
Represent your team in technical and product discussions with Senior and Principal stakeholders.
Own the team’s sprint planning, backlog grooming, and roadmap execution, while protecting your team from distractions, removing blockers proactively, and ensuring the steady velocity of high-quality software features.
Be closely connected with the technology in your team, use your judgement to evaluate technical decisions and short-long term tradeoffs.
Raise the bar for system availability, latency, and observability, while overseeing the team’s on-call rotations, running post-mortems for production incidents, and continuously improving CI/CD pipelines.
Maintain a business-oriented mindset, translating complex logistical and operational requirements into concrete, scalable technical milestones that deliver immediate value to the field.
What you must have
4+ years of experience formally leading engineering teams, managing sprints, and coaching developers.
7+ years of professional experience building and operating large-scale backend systems in a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) or microservices context.
Proven experience architecting solutions on AWS.
Proven experience operating a complex SOA architecture at scale. Deep familiarity with failure modes in distributed systems and mechanisms to reduce the blast radius of outages and regressions.
Experience with building and operating ML training infrastructure, integrating it in the SDLC. Experience with handling sensitive data and ensuring its safety and compliance.
Proven ability to delegate and grow, yet remain connected to the technology details.
Strong judgement: you identify and call-out one-way doors, you can independently check Senior Engineers’ assumptions and designs, you anticipate the impact and future cost of shortcuts and weight them against your immediate priorities.
A deep sense of Ownership, a relentless drive to Earn Trust, and a passion for Developing the Best talent.
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.
Get some bonus points
Exposure to cloud services communicating with physical edge devices such as robots.
Background in robotics, IoT, fleet management, or real-time data streaming systems.
Familiarity with observability tools (OTLP, Grafana, Prometheus) optimized for physical devices experiencing intermittent connectivity.
Experience with Security topics in the context of cloud systems.
Experience navigating organizational growth or integrating startup systems into large enterprise environments.
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Published: September 27, 2026
Electronics Engineer (Senior)
Rivr
Location: Zürich
RIVR, part of Amazon is a robotics company pioneering Physical AI through real-world doorstep delivery. Founded in 2024 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, RIVR developed wheeled-legged robots designed to operate in complex, unstructured environments such as stairs, gates, doors, and uneven urban terrain. We believe that achieving general physical intelligence requires solving real customer problems in the real world, where robots can learn from rich operational data at scale.
Following our acquisition by Amazon in March 2026, we are continuing this mission with greater reach and speed. By combining custom robot hardware, onboard autonomy, and cloud-based coordination, RIVR, part of Amazon is building the next generation of safe, reliable autonomous robots for last-mile delivery
What you’ll be doing
What you must have
Get some bonus points
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Published: September 27, 2026
AI Intern – Vision-Language-Action (VLA) & Data
Rivr
Location: Zürich
RIVR, part of Amazon is a robotics company pioneering Physical AI through real-world doorstep delivery. Founded in 2024 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, RIVR, part of Amazon developed wheeled-legged robots designed to operate in complex, unstructured environments such as stairs, gates, doors, and uneven urban terrain. We believe that achieving general physical intelligence requires solving real customer problems in the real world, where robots can learn from rich operational data at scale.
Following our acquisition by Amazon in March 2026, we are continuing this mission with greater reach and speed. By combining custom robot hardware, onboard autonomy, and cloud-based coordination, RIVR, part of Amazon is building the next generation of safe, reliable autonomous robots for last-mile delivery.
Important Notice: For this position, we can unfortunately only accept applications from citizens of Schengen Area countries. This restriction does not apply to ETHZ and EPFL students who are required to complete compulsory internships as part of their studies.Job Description
As an AI Intern - VLA & Data, you will assist the AI engineering team in developing data pipelines and training Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models for robotic systems. In this role, you will sit at the intersection of data engineering and model training, assisting the team in solving the "data bottleneck" in embodied AI. Additionally, your responsibilities will include building tools to analyze datasets, visualize model predictions, and debug performance. You will work closely with senior engineers to understand, curate, and visualize the massive amounts of multi-modal data our fleet generates. This role offers hands-on experience within a dynamic and collaborative environment. We are committed to finding and nurturing exceptional talent; our internships are a key pathway to recruiting outstanding graduates who can make a significant impact in our team.
What you’ll be doing
Support the team in processing, curating, and analyzing multi-modal sensor data for training VLA models.
Get hands-on experience with state-of-the-art VLA models.
Assist in developing software tools to visualize data and debug model performance.
Work closely with senior engineers to implement data strategies that improve the robustness of our robotic systems.
Help integrate software components to evaluate algorithms in simulation and on hardware.
Engage in continuous learning and gain exposure to recent developments in VLA, self-supervised learning, and generative AI.
What you must have
At least BSc in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related field.
Proficiency in Python and experience with deep learning frameworks (preferably PyTorch).
Hands-on experience (either through coursework, previous internships, or other projects) with deep learning for computer vision.
Familiarity with data manipulation libraries (e.g., NumPy, Pandas, OpenCV).
Strong problem-solving skills and an eagerness to work with complex, real-world data.
Eagerness to learn and contribute in a collaborative team environment.
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An MSc or ongoing PhD in a related field.
Previous experience working with large-scale image or video datasets.
Knowledge or experience with transformers, Vision-Language Models and/or VLA’s.
Experience with 3D geometry, camera projections, or sensor fusion.
Experience working with robotic systems
Experience in motion/action prediction in robotics context.
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AI Engineer - Reinforcement Learning (Senior)
Rivr
Location: Zürich
RIVR, part of Amazon is a robotics company pioneering Physical AI through real-world doorstep delivery. Founded in 2024 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, RIVR developed wheeled-legged robots designed to operate in complex, unstructured environments such as stairs, gates, doors, and uneven urban terrain. We believe that achieving general physical intelligence requires solving real customer problems in the real world, where robots can learn from rich operational data at scale.
Following our acquisition by Amazon in March 2026, we are continuing this mission with greater reach and speed. By combining custom robot hardware, onboard autonomy, and cloud-based coordination, RIVR, part of Amazon is building the next generation of safe, reliable autonomous robots for last-mile delivery
What you’ll be doing
What you must have
Get some bonus points
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Published: September 27, 2026
AI Engineer - Imitation Learning (Senior)
Rivr
Location: Zürich
RIVR, part of Amazon is a robotics company pioneering Physical AI through real-world doorstep delivery. Founded in 2024 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, RIVR developed wheeled-legged robots designed to operate in complex, unstructured environments such as stairs, gates, doors, and uneven urban terrain. We believe that achieving general physical intelligence requires solving real customer problems in the real world, where robots can learn from rich operational data at scale.
Following our acquisition by Amazon in March 2026, we are continuing this mission with greater reach and speed. By combining custom robot hardware, onboard autonomy, and cloud-based coordination, RIVR, part of Amazon is building the next generation of safe, reliable autonomous robots for last-mile delivery
What you’ll be doing
What you must have
Get some bonus points
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Published: September 27, 2026
