Staff Software Engineer

About the role

Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co http://applied.co.

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for staff software engineers interested in designing elegant solutions for difficult problems in the autonomy space. Our software engineers work across our suite of products, tackling difficult full-stack, infrastructure, robotics, and graphics problems. At Applied Intuition, we encourage engineers to take ownership of technical and product decisions, interact closely with users to collect feedback and contribute to a thoughtful, dynamic team culture.

AT APPLIED INTUITION, YOU WILL:

- Work across our entire stack to develop new products, features, and tools for our customers' autonomy development workflows

- Identify and scope complex engineering challenges, design elegant solutions, and lead implementation across teams.

- Influence the technical strategy of the team when balancing work on new features, scaling challenges, and technical debt.

- Have an unparalleled opportunity to work with domain experts across a variety of fields: infrastructure, robotics, and graphics engineers, as well as startup veterans

WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS:

- 7-10+ years of experience in shipping complex software

- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent

- Proven experience designing and implementing solutions to complex architectural problems

- Production experience writing in C++, Python, TypeScript, or Golang

- Experience mentoring software engineers

NICE TO HAVE:

- Working knowledge of frontend, API layer, containerization, or cluster orchestration frameworks (such as React, GraphQL, Docker, or Kubernetes)