# Senior Software Engineer

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $153k – $222k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** C++, Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, React, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes, ROS
**Posted:** 2026-04-21

> Senior Software Engineer develops full-stack products, features, and tools for autonomy workflows, working across infrastructure, robotics, and graphics. Requires 4+ years shipping complex software in C++, Python, or similar, with design and mentoring experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Work across our entire stack to develop new products, features, and tools for our customers' autonomy development workflows
- Collaborate with domain experts across infrastructure, robotics, and graphics
- Carve out your own area of expertise and influence product decisions
- Interact closely with users to collect feedback

## Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in shipping complex software
- Experience writing **C++**, **Python**, **JavaScript**, **Java**, or **Golang**
- Significant contributions to design documents
- Experience mentoring software engineers

## Nice to Have
- Working knowledge of frontend, API layer, containerization, or cluster orchestration frameworks (**React**, **GraphQL**, **Docker**, **Kubernetes**)
- Experience with simulation tools, modeling physical problems, or robotics middlewares (**ROS**)

## Compensation
- Base salary range: **$153,000 - $222,000 USD annually**
- Equity, comprehensive health/dental/vision insurance, 401k with match, learning/wellness stipends, paid time off

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