Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Kodiak Robotics

• 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
• 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

• 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

• 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

Total funding: $240m

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.