# Senior Software Engineer - Fleet Software Management System

**Company:** [Avride](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/avride)
**Location:** Austin, TX
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Skills:** Python, Linux, Systemd, AWS, Kubernetes, Go, Nix, Nixos, gRPC
**Posted:** 2026-04-24

> Designs and builds cloud services and vehicle agents for fleet software orchestration in autonomous vehicles. Requires strong Python, Linux systems programming, and production systems experience with AWS/Kubernetes.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do

- Design and build a cloud-based service that dynamically computes and serves vehicle software specifications based on fleet requirements, operational state, and hardware profiles.
- Architect and develop the agent that runs on every vehicle, managing its state and software lifecycle.
- Deepen our integration of the agent with the underlying OS to ensure robust and isolated application environments on the vehicles.
- Collaborate with other involved teams to define and implement deployment strategies that improve reliability, enhance the developer-to-vehicle workflow, and ensure reproducible deploys.
- Debug and resolve complex, system-level issues across the fleet, ensuring high reliability and uptime for our autonomous systems.

## What You'll Need

- **Strong proficiency in Python**, with experience building robust, testable, and maintainable applications.
- Solid experience with **Linux systems programming** and administration, particularly with **systemd**.
- Experience building and running systems in production. Proficiency with **AWS**, **Kubernetes**, or similar technologies is highly valued.
- A systems-thinking mindset—you can reason about complex distributed systems and their failure modes.

## Nice to Have

- Deep understanding of software deployment, configuration management, and infrastructure-as-code principles.
- **Proficiency in Go**, particularly for building scalable backend services.
- Experience with **Nix** or **NixOS**.
- Familiarity with **gRPC** for building inter-service communication.
- Background in robotics, IoT, or managing software for embedded or remote hardware.

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