# Software Engineer - Systems Engineering AI Tooling

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $125k – $185k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Python, Java, C++, Rest, GraphQL, Data Modeling, CI/CD, APIs, Dashboards, Backend Services
**Posted:** 2026-04-21

> Develops scalable internal tools, AI workflows, and backend services for systems engineering traceability in autonomous vehicle programs. Requires 2+ years backend experience, Python proficiency, API design, and data modeling.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and productionize scalable internal tools and AI workflows that support system engineering and validation for autonomous vehicle programs.
- Integrate data across requirements management, modeling, and validation tools to provide end-to-end traceability from system requirements to test results.
- Build backend services and APIs to unify distributed engineering artifacts into a cohesive, reliable platform.
- Develop dashboards and KPIs to measure requirement coverage, trace completeness, and validation progress.
- Own and evolve the core traceability data model, enabling bidirectional traceability, versioning, baselining, and change impact analysis.
- Refactor internal prototypes into production-grade, certifiable systems with strong reliability, access control, and auditability.
- Collaborate closely with systems engineering, safety, and autonomy teams to ensure tooling supports compliance and safety case development.
- Scale internal tooling to support production programs and future regulatory needs.

## Requirements
- **Bachelor’s degree** in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- **2+ years** of professional experience in backend software development, internal tooling, or platform engineering.
- Strong proficiency in **Python** and familiarity with **Java** or **C/C++**.
- Experience designing and building **REST** or **GraphQL APIs**.
- Experience with **data modeling**, **schema design**, and integrating systems via APIs.
- Experience building scalable backend services and working with **CI/CD pipelines**.
- Strong systems thinking and the ability to work across complex, cross-functional technical domains.

## Nice to have
- Experience with requirements management or system modeling tools.
- Experience building dashboards, metrics frameworks, or traceability platforms.
- Familiarity with configuration management or compliance-driven environments.
- Exposure to safety-critical or regulated systems.
- Experience in a startup or fast-paced engineering environment.

## Compensation
**Base salary range**: $125,000 - $185,000 USD annually (plus equity and benefits).

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