Build the systems
other teams rely on.
Nodeblue is a research lab studying how machines reason and act inside mission critical operations. We build the systems that put those ideas on real sites, starting with Nexus. We hire for depth, judgment, and ownership.
Interested in working with us?
Engineers, not layers
Small teams, direct ownership. The person who designs the system also ships it and supports it.
Real problems, real environments
Industrial sites, autonomous platforms, enterprise data. Work that survives contact with production.
Depth over breadth
We back fewer bets harder. Pick a hard problem, go deep, see it through.
Calm intensity
Backgrounds in Tesla, Amazon, and Applied Materials taught us how to ship under pressure - and how not to burn out doing it.
Where we're hiring.
Machine Learning Engineer
Own how frontier models reason over a real operation: the agent layer on top of our deterministic engine, tool use, verification, and the eval harnesses that keep model answers honest against live control logic. Strong in Python and TypeScript today, and eager to shape more of the research as the systems grow.
Software Engineer
Build and own the systems our research produces, from the connectors that read PLC, SCADA, and systems of record to the API surface, data model, and observability around them. Mostly TypeScript, Node, and Postgres today, but what matters most is that you can own a system end to end and ship software that runs on premise and air-gapped on a real site.
Controls Engineer
The bridge between our research and the factory floor, and the person who keeps it grounded in how real lines actually run. Deep PLC and SCADA experience matters more to us than any single vendor: Allen-Bradley (Studio 5000), Siemens (TIA Portal), and the CODESYS family, HMI/SCADA on Ignition or FactoryTalk, EtherNet/IP and Profinet. You will spend real time on-site, and what you learn there sets what we build next.
Don't see a fit? We always read open applications from strong engineers. Use the form below and select Open application.
Tell us about
your work.
Send us a short message about what you've built and what you're looking for. Links to a resume, GitHub, or portfolio are more useful than a long pitch.
What to expect
- An engineer reads every application personally
- Reply within a week if there is a fit
- Short, technical interview process - no take-home busywork
Application received
Thanks for reaching out. If there's a fit, an engineer on our team will be in touch within a week.