Senior Software Engineer , Applied Intuition
£100-160k
Offers Equity
Physical AI bringing intelligence to moving machines
Open for applications
Physical AI bringing intelligence to moving machines
1001+ employees
Open for applications
£100-160k
Offers Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build physical AI that create a safer, more prosperous world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science/related engineering field
- 5+ years of hands-on experience developing performant modern C++, or high willingness to learn C++ which is our primary programming language for all development
- Strong procedural and object-oriented programming experience that employs clean code principles and good OOP design patterns/principles
- Experience developing in Docker and containerized development environments, and using Linux-based operating systems
- General willingness to travel for company business between our offices, as well as to customer sites
- Must have ability to hold UK Security Clearance (current or previous preferred)
- 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
- 7+ years of experience developing software in modern C++ and Python
- Experience working on distributed systems, with simulation technology and autonomy
- Experience with Bazel, Nix and other similar technologies
- Experience deploying to, and working with infrastructure technologies
- Experience working projects related to national security for one or more government agencies
- References who will describe them as low-ego, highly motivated, thoughtfully opinionated, strong communicators and curious listeners
What the job involves
- As a senior software engineer on the UK engineering team, your day-to-day activities will vary
- Somedays you might find yourself in the field, working alongside our forward deployment team integrating with customer platforms and technologies, other days you might be leading the design on a brand-new product to satisfy the requirements of various different customers and partners that we work with
- Every day is different, and each day is exciting
- You are given the opportunity to showcase the skills you’ve learned during your career, and teach the more junior members of the team
- You will build, test and deploy your software and watch it actually be used
- Lead the design, development, and optimization of new tools and products, taking them through from incubation all the way to production
- Spot the ineffectiveness of the processes and code you work with daily to ensure the team are always working to the best of their abilities
- Integrate software from customers and other teams into the products we are making
- Write, test, and debug efficient modern C++ code for complex software solutions with the help of AI tooling
- Work closely with product managers and customers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
- Train and mentor junior engineers as we grow the UK team, fostering a culture of learning and improvement
- Build awesome software that you are proud of
Salary benchmarks
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, Honda, 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 HQ
Sunnyvale West, Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
Peter Ludwig
(Co-Founder & CTO)Prior to co-founding Applied Intuition in 2017, Peter was a Product Manager at Google for 5 years.
Qasar Younis
(Co-Founder & CEO)Qasar previously founded TalkBin where they served as the CEO. They also served as the COO at Y Combinator and as a Group Product Manager of Google Maps at Google.
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