Robots & Pencils is an Applied AI Engineering Partner that builds AI systems designed for enterprise velocity and measurable business impact. The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner. Founded in 2009 on the belief that the best solutions emerge when technology meets human-centered design, the company's approach blends the sciences and humanities—the robots and…
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An Applied AI Engineering Partner building AI systems designed for enterprise velocity and measurable business impact.
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Robots & Pencils is an Applied AI Engineering Partner that builds AI systems designed for enterprise velocity and measurable business impact. The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
Founded in 2009 on the belief that the best solutions emerge when technology meets human-centered design, the company's approach blends the sciences and humanities—the robots and pencils—combining elite, mature engineering talent with world-class UX design.
Robots & Pencils delivers production-ready AI implementations in weeks versus the industry standard of months. Operating through small, senior teams rather than massive consulting organizations, the company serves enterprises across Consumer Products and Retail, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing and more. With delivery centers in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, Robots & Pencils has gained a reputation as the nimble alternative to traditional global systems integrators, combining the agility of a specialized partner with enterprise-grade delivery discipline and the craft that comes from people who care deeply about the work they do.
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Reported office locations
7 1/2 North Franklin Street, Chagrin Falls , Ohio 44022, US
1507 14 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta T3C 0W4, CA
Business categories
Information Technology
Apps
Software
Other recorded names
Robots and Pencils
Robots & Pencils
Specialties
Artificial Intelligence
Agentic AI
Generative AI
Cloud Modernization
Cloud Migration
Data Readiness
AI Enablement
AI Workforce Transformation
Production AI Systems
and AWS
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Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
6+ YOECandidates need 6+ years of software engineering experience, including GenAI systems in production. They need hands-on skills in agentic AI, RAG, LLM evaluation and observability, prompt engineering, and the AWS GenAI stack, plus strong Python and Node.js.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
5+ YOE5+ MgmtCandidates need 5+ years leading multiple Agile teams and enterprise IT engagements, plus a proven record delivering $10M+ AI, digital or cloud programs. They need a strong technical foundation in architecture, cloud design and frameworks such as Well-Architected, and they use AI tools like Claude daily.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
6+ YOERobots and Pencils needs 6+ years of software engineering experience, including GenAI systems in production. Candidates must have hands-on agentic AI, RAG, LLM evaluation and AWS GenAI skills, plus strong Python and Node.js.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
6+ YOECandidates need 6+ years of software engineering experience, including GenAI systems in production. They need hands-on skills in agentic AI, RAG, LLM evaluation, prompt engineering, Python, Node.js and AWS, plus the ability to design for LLM failure.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
Candidates need deep, hands-on PyTorch experience, including distributed training, and production SageMaker experience. Close-to-hardware debugging skill and solid Python are needed, and Trainium or Neuron SDK experience is a strong plus.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
7+ YOECandidates need 7+ years of DevOps or platform engineering experience, deep expertise in Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD and at least one major cloud, and AI/ML platform experience. Strong scripting, DevSecOps, leadership and communication skills are also required.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
Candidates need senior experience designing enterprise data platforms, including lakehouse, streaming and data modeling approaches. They must also understand data governance, security and compliance, and be able to communicate complex architecture clearly to executives and engineers.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
5+ YOECandidates need 5+ years in business analysis, consulting or product strategy, and a solid grasp of AI concepts such as LLMs, RAG and agents. Hands-on experience with AI tools like Claude, Cursor and Figma AI, plus the ability to facilitate workshops and communicate clearly with executives, is expected.
Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Figma AI, LangChain, LangGraph
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
7+ YOECandidates need 7+ years of security or software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading application and cloud security work. They also need deep AWS IAM, Kubernetes security, production Python and Terraform skills, and experience securing AI systems.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
7+ YOECandidates need 7+ years of software development, including 4+ years on AI/ML systems in production, and deep generative AI experience. Strong Python, cloud (especially AWS), RAG, agentic systems, LLM evaluation and cost optimization skills are required.
Python, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Claude Code, Cursor
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
15+ YOECandidates need 15+ years in engineering, data, or AI, with experience leading large programs and recent hands-on exposure to agentic AI. Robots & Pencils also asks for AWS and Bedrock knowledge, strong communication skills, and a base in the US or Canada with US Eastern or Central overlap.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
7+ YOECandidates need 7+ years of software development experience, including 4+ years on production AI/ML systems and hands-on generative AI work. Strong Python, cloud (AWS), RAG, agentic systems and LLM evaluation skills are expected.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
2+ YOECandidates need at least 2 years of professional UX/UI design experience on digital products, strong Figma skills, and design system experience. Working knowledge of usability testing and user interviews, and experience with clients or cross-functional teams, are also required.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
10+ YOECandidates need 10+ years of product management experience, ideally in consulting or enterprise settings, with a proven record of defining product strategy for complex digital initiatives. Applied AI tool experience, executive client influence, and cross-functional leadership are also required.
Robots and Pencils: The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner.
Candidates need deep, hands-on PyTorch experience, ideally with distributed training, and production experience with Amazon SageMaker. Comfort with hardware-level debugging and solid Python skills are also required.