Full-Time
Full Stack Engineer
Mobile
Shift Robotics
1-10 employees
Wearable robotic shoes with AI-driven propulsion
No salary listed
Austin, TX, USA
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- At least 3 years of professional mobile application development experience.
- A strong portfolio of shipped applications in the App Store and Google Play.
- Strong foundational knowledge of Swift and Kotlin for native iOS and Android development.
- Proven experience with Bluetooth Low Energy APIs and hardware-to-mobile communication.
- Hands-on experience with cloud ecosystems such as Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services for backend services.
- Familiarity with the mobile deployment lifecycle, including App Store Connect, Google Play Console, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, GitHub Actions, Fastlane, and GitLab Runner.
- Comfort and efficiency using artificial intelligence-assisted coding tools.
- A strong grasp of Representational State Transfer APIs, object-oriented programming design principles, application security, and clean architecture.
- Design, build, and maintain high-performance applications for both iOS and Android while ensuring a seamless user experience.
- Work deeply with Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy technologies in mobile applications to interact securely and reliably with embedded devices.
- Integrate and manage backends using cloud services such as Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services.
- Own the application-related lifecycle, including continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, deployment, and automated testing.
- Implement security features including user authentication, backend service authorization, and encrypted over-the-air firmware upgrades.
- Leverage artificial intelligence development tools such as Cursor and large language models for prototyping, code generation, debugging, and documentation.
- Develop and optimize application programming interfaces to support mobile functionality.
- Partner with hardware teams and user interface and user experience designers to bring products from concept to users.
- Experience with, or a strong interest in, Kotlin Multiplatform or other cross-platform strategies.
Shift Robotics designs Moonwalkers, wearable robotic shoes that strap over normal footwear to increase walking speed for personal and industrial use. The system uses an AI-powered drivetrain and real-time gait analysis to adapt to a wearer’s stride, enabling up to 7 mph and hands-free control via foot gestures that switch between go and stop. The devices are water-resistant, handle hills and stairs, and feature an ergonomic hinge, a brushless motor, and a multi-layer brake system for safety. The product targets urban commuters and, more prominently, large facilities like warehouses and factories, where case studies show productivity gains and quick payback, with the aim of providing safe, fast mobility that reduces the last-mile and boosts logistics efficiency.
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$6.6M
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Founded
2017
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Shift updated its site July 2026, showing active product maintenance and shipping.
- 2026 hiring for gait control, DevOps, and embedded engineers signals scale-up.
- IKEA Helsingborg trials reported 16% picking productivity gains from robotic boots.
What critics are saying
- $1,399 Moonwalkers and $999 Aero price limit adoption outside enthusiasts and employers.
- The product remains a niche novelty; 2025 reviews frame it as expensive and impractical.
- Any slip injury, battery failure, or indoor ban could kill consumer trust quickly.
What makes Shift Robotics unique
- Moonwalkers uses adaptive gait control, not throttled scooters, for natural walking.
- 2026 product lineup splits rugged Moonwalkers and urban Moonwalkers Aero.
- Shift sells wearable mobility hardware, plus business deployment for warehouse walking efficiency.
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Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Shift Robotics has unveils Moonwalkers X as the latest version of its robotic shoes.The Austin, Texas-based company made the announcement ahead of CES 2024, the tech trade show in Las Vegas next week.The Moonwalkers X is an enhanced iteration of the original Moonwalkers model, with improvements in weight, agility, and safety. The company aims to change the landscape of workplace mobility with these Robocop shoes.Distinguished by a host of advanced features, the Moonwalkers X exhibit several key enhancements compared to their predecessors.
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google NewsThese “robotic shoes,” which are billed as “the world’s fastest shoes,” promise to more than double your walking speed, thanks to an 8-wheeled electric drivetrain and an adaptive AI system.The Moonwalkers, from Shift Robotics, were chosen by TIME as one of the 200 Best Inventions of 2023, but is this the micromobility innovation we need, or is it a solution in search of a problem? I mean, humans already know how to walk pretty dang well, and can easily increase our walking speed instinctively, without the need for any batteries or motors, but evidently it struck a nerve with some people, as the team behind it was able to raise more than $300,000 on Kickstarter last year.According to the company website, Moonwalkers are “the first-ever mobility device that allows you to walk at the speed of a run. Designed with an adaptive A.I. drivetrain, you can cover more distance — at your own pace.” With a top speed of 7 mph and a range between charges of 5 to 7 miles, these “robotic” shoes can be strapped on over your regular shoes, and are said to be built to handle “rough urban terrain.” The Moonwalkers feature regenerative braking and a 90-minute charge time, weigh a little over 5 pounds each, and have a weight limit of some 220 pounds.At first glance, they appear to be something akin to roller skates, but they don’t freewheel, so they appear to be a fair bit easier to learn how to use than skates, and according to Shift Robotics, they can quickly be put into “lock” mode for times when the propulsion isn’t needed or wanted. The regenerative braking feature is said to help control the descent speed, and the shoes’ AI system will bring the user to a stop within 3 feet, so unlike skates, there doesn’t seem to be a danger of slamming into things as there is for newbie skaters.Now, color me skeptical, but these $1399 wheeled shoes don’t seem to be something prone to wide adoption, at least to the general public who wants to simply walk faster on their daily commute. They are yet another thing that needs to be charged and maintained, and kept track of or stored when not in use, and I imagine that using them indoors in public spaces might attract unwanted attention from the powers that be, which may not appreciate wheeled walkers in and around stores or businesses
A few years ago, tired of dealing with traffic, Xunjie Zhang resolved to start riding a scooter to work. It was going fine — up until the day he was nearly hit by a car. Fortunately, Zhang wasn’t physically hurt, however he was left shaken by the experience and believed there could be a better way to travel where you wouldn’t have to sacrifice safety or speed. “Instead of taking a risk and using a scooter or a bike,” he thought at the time, “what if we have a way of augmenting walking so that you can not only travel more efficiently, but be safe to the user itself as well as to the rest of pedestrians around us?”