Backend Software Engineer, Applied Intuition
5 days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
Software infrastructure for autonomous vehicles
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Software infrastructure for autonomous vehicles
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
5 days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To accelerate the world's adoption of safe and intelligent machines.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 2+ years of professional experience in web services software development and cloud infrastructure
- Strong proficiency in a backend programming language such as Go and Python
- Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and building scalable backend applications
- Experience with cloud platforms ( AWS, GCP or OCI) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., Redis)
- Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles
Desirable
- Experience leading projects end to end
- Experience in a startup or fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- As a Backend Software Engineer on the Remote Assistance team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the core services and infrastructure that power our remote assistance platform
- Your work will involve creating the APIs, data pipelines, and backend systems that handle real-time data streaming, command processing, and communication with both the autonomous vehicles and the human operator workstations
- This is a high-impact role where you will be instrumental in making autonomous trucking a reality by ensuring a reliable and scalable backend
- Design, develop, and deploy scalable, low-latency backend services for remote assist session management and real-time data streaming
- Architect and implement the cloud infrastructure for remote assistance including technologies like protobuf, gRPC across multiple AWS regions
- Design and implement the service data persistence layer using no sql databases like Redis
- Implement data pipelines to ingest, process, and store real-time data from autonomous vehicles
- Collaborate closely with onboard software teams and front-end engineers to ensure seamless end-to-end data flow
- Ensure the security, reliability, and resilience of the backend platform, including handling network disruptions and failover
- Optimize data serialization and transmission to minimize latency and bandwidth usage on the server side
Our take
Autonomous vehicles present a lot of challenging problems to engineers, particularly in terms of safety and reliability, and testing and development can be infamously slow. Applied Intuition provides software to run simulations and tests for autonomous vehicles more quickly and effectively, speeding up the development and launch of AVs for multiple industries.
With big companies such as Tesla and Google focused on developing automation, Applied Intuition has the scope to provide the software that makes it a reality. The company’s suite of simulation, validation, and drive log management software aids in the more efficient deployment of autonomous vehicles, with companies such as Toyota, Nissan, and General Motors relying on its solutions.
As the autonomous vehicles market accelerates, Applied Intuition is well set for growth, especially as it continues to expand its capabilities. Notable developments include the acquisitions of CarSim, Scenebox and Embark Trucks, as well as partnerships with AMBA and Valeo. All these efforts seek to bolster the company's offering towards supporting the faster and safer deployment of AVs. A $600 million Series F round, awarded in 2025, will go towards its next phase of product development, alongside key hires across its product team.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
68% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2025
$600m
SERIES F
Mar 2024
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Health Insurance: Applied covers 100% of the cost and offers medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) Match: 50% employer matching to help you save money for retirement
- Fitness Stipend: Our wellness program supports your health and fitness goals. We pay for your trainers, gym memberships, massages, and more!
- Learning Stipend: We invest in your learning and growth by reimbursing you for educational and training expenses
- Parental leave: 12-week, fully paid parental leave to bond with a newborn child or new adopted or foster child
- Catered lunch, expensed dinner, on-site meals and snacks
Company HQ
Sunnyvale West, Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
Peter Ludwig
(Co-Founder & CTO)Worked at Google for 5 years, including as a Product Manager.
Qasar Younis
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former COO at Y Combinator. Previously a Group Product Manager at Google. Founded TalkBin.
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