# Senior C++ Engineer – Simulation Infrastructure

**Company:** [Avride](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/avride)
**Location:** Austin, TX
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** C++, Python, Bazel, Benchmarking, Profiling, Distributed Compute, Simulation, Robotics, Embedded Systems, Performance Optimization
**Posted:** 2026-04-10

> Builds high-performance C++ simulation infrastructure for autonomous driving testing, ensuring reproducibility and efficiency at scale. Requires 5+ years experience with modern C++, system optimization, and distributed environments.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Design and implement foundational simulation infrastructure in C++.
- Ensure simulation runs are correct, reproducible, and efficient.
- Collaborate with platform and autonomy teams to ensure integration and consistency with real-world deployments.
- Lead and contribute to design reviews and cross-team technical decisions.
- Build tools for analyzing performance and debugging system behavior.

## What You'll Need
- 5+ years of experience building production-level software.
- **Strong proficiency in modern C++**.
- Experience in benchmarking, profiling, and optimizing complex systems.
- Familiarity with large-scale or distributed compute environments.

## Nice to Have
- Experience using **Python** for tooling and automation.
- Familiarity with **Bazel** - we use it extensively.
- Background in robotics, simulation, or embedded systems.
- Experience modeling real-world systems (e.g., physics, sensors, agents, environments).

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