Senior Full Stack Engineer
Designs and builds scalable backend services with C++ and Python, ROS2 integrations, and React-based operator interfaces for autonomous vehicle orchestration platforms. Requires 5+ years full-stack experience and strong real-time systems knowledge.
About the job
Key Responsibilities
- Build scalable backend APIs and microservices using Python and C++ within an event-driven architecture for real-time orchestration operations
- Design and implement event-driven data pipelines that process telemetry, sensor feeds, and mission data from heterogeneous vehicle fleets using publish/subscribe patterns
- Develop responsive operator interfaces using React for mission planning, fleet coordination, and system monitoring
- Create WebSocket-based communications for low-latency operator interactions with autonomous systems
- Build data transformation and aggregation services that prepare autonomous system data for operator consumption
- Implement secure, role-based access controls and authentication systems for multi-user mission control environments
- Design and maintain database schemas and query optimization for high-throughput operational data
- Collaborate with autonomy engineers to integrate vehicle control systems and sensor data streams
- Support integration with diverse autonomous platforms through RESTful APIs, ROS2 topics, and message queuing systems
- Ensure application resilience and performance through comprehensive testing, monitoring, and deployment automation
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional full-stack development experience building production systems
- Strong proficiency in C++ with experience in systems programming and performance optimization
- Expert-level Python skills with experience in FastAPI, Flask, or Django frameworks
- Experience with ROS2 middleware, including topics, services, and distributed robotics systems
- Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React with modern development practices
- Strong database design and optimization skills (PostgreSQL, NoSQL)
- Experience building real-time applications using WebSockets, message queuing, and event-driven data streaming
- Knowledge of RESTful API design principles, microservices architecture, and event-driven system patterns
- Understanding of Linux system programming and multi-threaded application development
Preferred Qualifications
- C++ multithreaded systems; gRPC/Protobuf; DB design/tuning
- Experience with robotics middleware beyond ROS2 (DDS, MQTT, or custom protocols)
- Knowledge of autonomous vehicle systems (UAVs, USVs, UUVs) and associated data formats
- Experience with real-time data streaming technologies (Kafka, Redis Streams, ZeroMQ)
- Familiarity with computer vision libraries and sensor data processing (OpenCV, PCL)
- Experience with container technologies (Docker) and cloud deployment (AWS)
- Understanding of networking fundamentals and distributed systems concepts
- Background in mission-critical or real-time system development
- Knowledge of geospatial data handling and coordinate system transformations
- Experience with observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus) and application performance monitoring
- Previous work in defense, aerospace, or autonomous systems industries
Skills
C++, Python, React, Ros2, FastAPI, Postgres, WebSockets, JavaScript, TypeScript, Docker, AWS, Kafka, gRPC, Opencv, Prometheus
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