Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Kodiak Robotics

Salary not provided

+ equity and biannual bonuses

React

AWS

CSS

TypeScript

HTML

JavaScript

Python

Figma

Terraform

C++

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Mountain View, CA

Self-driving technology for long-haul trucks

Open for applications

Self-driving technology for long-haul trucks

201-500 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceLogisticsFreightSupply ChainAutomation

Open for applications

Salary not provided

+ equity and biannual bonuses

React

AWS

CSS

TypeScript

HTML

JavaScript

Python

Figma

Terraform

C++

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Mountain View, CA

201-500 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceLogisticsFreightSupply ChainAutomation

Company mission

Kodiak Robotics' mission is to carry freight forward—so people, partners, and the planet thrive.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Strong technical background as evidenced by BS, MS, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline
5+ years of experience building backend services and/or intuitive web applications with significant scale and performance
Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
Recent experience with JavaScript, TypeScript and React
Experience with using internal and external facing APIs
Experience with app profiling and performance tuning
Experience with service performance measurement, observability, and tuning
Familiarity with web sockets and Typed Arrays
Bonus for experience with Three.js, Web Workers, protobuf
Bonus for experience in designing UIs using collaborative tools
Bonus for experience with C++, creating tooling for robotics / timeseries data
Bonus for experience with AWS PaaS technologies and services
Great communicator; you must be capable of writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation
Passion; you must be passionate about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity

What the job involves

We are looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with a background in creating reliable and scalable web applications and web services. This person must understands the fundamentals of modern web technologies and cloud technologies. The person in this role will be designing, implementing, testing, and deploying services and/or features for web based applications and APIs. The role will work collaboratively across multiple teams to gather requirements, validate designs and implementations, and test the resulting deliverables
Optimize and enhance existing applications and APIs to incorporate new features and user feedback
Design new features and user experiences, including UI elements and layout through mockups (e.g., Figma) and implement such features in React + TypeScript
Research and design new APIs for new use cases and implement such APIs and backend logic using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++
Utilize a variety of AWS technologies such as API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon AppSync, DynamoDB, and Terraform
Interact with a variety of data sources including documents, databases, raw and/or processed sensor data, and other APIs
Collaborate with Software Engineering, Software Quality, and Operations to understand end user requirements

Our take

Global supply chains rely on frictionless long-haul trucking freight networks, but the repetitive and stationary nature of the job has resulted in a lack of willing drivers. Whilst this has been partially resolved through the introduction of self-driving trucks, such systems are notoriously difficult to maintain which ultimately leads to significant downtime.

Kodiak Robotics develops self-driving technology for long-haul trucks, providing wing mirrors built with sensors called Kodiak SensorPods. These sensors provide the technology necessary for the trucks to be driven safely and autonomously and have been designed to be replaced or serviced rapidly to minimize downtime.

Whilst the company’s most significant challenge will present itself as other self-driving truck providers, Kodiak Robotics has taken a unique approach by recognizing the high-maintenance nature of existing self-driving systems, innovating upon this through its easily replaceable SensorPods. Through this approach and several successful rounds of funding, the company aims to fill empty truck driving positions with safer AI drivers, whilst ensuring its technology is quick and simple to maintain.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

21% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Sep 2023

$75m

CONVERTIBLE

Nov 2021

$125m

SERIES B

Total funding: $240m

Company benefits

Remote-friendly work environment
401k
Generous PTO policy
Life insurance
Assortment of medical (PPO/HMO/HDHP), dental, vision, and FSA plans
Family-friendly company events
Dog-friendly office
Employee-driven fitness classes
Beautiful, renovated facilities in Mountain View, CA and Lancaster, TX
Free EV charging
Trivia and board game nights

Company HQ

Mountain View, CA

Leadership

Don Burnette

(CEO)

Experience as Co-founder of Otto. Software Technical Lead at Uber from 2016 to 2018.

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