BrightAI is a hyper-growth Infrastructure AIoT copilot platform company with a mission to revitalize and automate western infrastructure. Our commitment lies in empowering major infrastructure services companies through cutting-edge solutions encompassing autonomous monitoring, inspection, and close-loop control. These transformative tools are designed for universal retrofitting to legacy infrastructure, seamlessly augmented with frontline AI copilot capabilities. By leveraging BrightAI, our customers seamlessly deploy cost-effective AI endpoints numbering in the hundreds of thousands. We pride ourselves on being the trusted force behind our customers' frontline services, fostering proactivity, and driving down costs.
BrightAI is a hyper-growth Infrastructure AIoT copilot platform company with a mission to revitalize and automate western infrastructure. Our commitment lies in empowering major infrastructure services companies through cutting-edge solutions encompassing autonomous monitoring, inspection, and close-loop control. These transformative tools are designed for universal retrofitting to legacy infrastructure, seamlessly augmented with frontline AI copilot capabilities. By leveraging BrightAI, our customers seamlessly deploy cost-effective AI endpoints numbering in the hundreds of thousands. We pride ourselves on being the trusted force behind our customers' frontline services, fostering proactivity, and driving down costs.
Product: Stateful OS — edge + multimodal AI platform for infrastructure monitoring and autonomous operations
Scale: >250,000 AI endpoints across 25,000+ sites (reported)
Revenue milestone: $80M reported while bootstrapped
Funding: $15M seed (Nov 2024); $51M Series A (Jul 2025) reported
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Company Overview
Problem Domain
Infrastructure monitoring, inspection, and autonomous operations for critical physical systems
Founded
2019
Industry
Software Development
Funding Track Record
Seed- Nov 2024
$15M
Raised after bootstrapping to reported revenue
Series A- Jul 18, 2025
$51M
Reported participation from BoxGroup, Marlinspike, VSC Ventures, Rsquared VC, Cooley LLP, and others
Investor Signal
“Backed by prominent venture firms including Upfront Ventures (seed) and Khosla Ventures & Inspired Capital (Series A)”
Founders
What we do
Join the Team
Staff Embedded Software Engineer
On-SiteSan Francisco Bay Area, US
On-Site • San Francisco Bay Area, US
BrightAI is a high-growth company at the forefront of AI, IoT, Cloud, and Mobile technologies. We are dedicated to revolutionizing industries and transforming the way businesses operate. Our team is composed of the best and brightest minds, many of whom have played key roles in leading companies such as Microsoft, Amazon Alexa, SmartThings, and Samsung. As we continue to expand, we are seeking innovative individuals to join us on this exciting journey.
We are looking for a Staff Engineer to help guide our product development efforts and steer cross-functional engineering teams in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment. As a Technical Lead at BrightAI, you will be responsible for driving architecture, leading engineering execution, and mentoring top-tier talent to deliver world-class hardware/software/AI platforms. Your technical expertise and leadership will shape the future of our products—with a focus on cutting-edge Embedded Linux systems.
Responsibilities
Lead the design and development of edge-based systems, from initial concept through production
Collaborate closely with the product team to drive technical development
Must have an excellent demeanor engaging customers. Provide a pleasant working experience externally and internally to the organization. This position is customer facing.
Collaborate with stakeholders across hardware, software, AI, and product teams to bring reliable, intelligent edge devices to market
Be capable of translating business/product requirements into technical requirements. Understand and adjust product requirements to align with best technical practices.
Drive the internal development and report technical status internally and externally.
Guide the integration of embedded software with custom hardware, ensuring stable and scalable solutions
Drive the overall technical roadmap, ensuring alignment across software, firmware, hardware, and cloud integration
Provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams and mentor engineers in embedded systems design and debugging
Create and enforce best practices for embedded development
Work closely with electrical and hardware engineers to ensure seamless hardware-software integration and platform bring-up
Stay hands-on with code and systems-level debugging when needed, especially during early bring-up and troubleshooting phases
Lead and participate in architecture and code reviews, ensuring quality, maintainability, and performance
Establish and maintain documentation, development processes, and tools to support embedded platform stability and scalability
Contribute to hiring and team growth through mentoring, technical interviews, and strategic planning
Skills And Expertise
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
Bonus
Experience integrating AI/ML workloads on embedded Linux platforms
Knowledge of real-time operating systems (RTOS) and hybrid RTOS/Linux environments
Experience with secure provisioning and OTA updates for Linux-based devices
Familiarity with containerized workloads on embedded Linux (e.g., Docker, Balena)
Hands-on experience with FPGA integration or SoCs (e.g., Xilinx Zynq, NXP i.MX)
Exposure to cloud connectivity for edge devices (AWS IoT, Azure IoT, MQTT, etc.)
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6+ years of experience developing embedded software, with at least 2 years in a leadership role
Experience in Embedded Linux development, device driver development, and board bring-up
Command of C/C++, with working knowledge of Python, Bash, or other scripting languages
Experience with Yocto Project, Buildroot, or other embedded Linux build systems
Understanding of embedded system constraints and optimization techniques for performance and memory
Proficiency with Linux debugging tools: GDB, strace, dmesg, perf, etc.
Solid understanding of hardware interfaces: I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, MIPI, USB, etc.
Comfortable with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and collaborative development workflows
Familiarity with security best practices in embedded Linux environments (e.g., secure boot, trusted execution environments, encryption)
Experience working with cross-functional teams across hardware, software, and systems engineering
Excellent communication, documentation, and team leadership skills
