# Senior Pipeline Infrastructure Software Engineer

**Company:** [Avride](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/avride)
**Location:** Austin, TX
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** C++17, C++20, Python, CI/CD, Observability, Monitoring, Testing Infrastructure, Low-Latency Systems, Safety-Critical Systems
**Posted:** 2026-04-20

> Designs and owns core pipeline framework for self-driving vehicle autonomy stack using high-performance C++. Ensures reliability, reproducibility, and safety while building tooling, observability, and testing infrastructure. Requires 5+ years C++ experience in production systems.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do

- Own the design and evolution of AvRide's core pipeline framework — the system responsible for orchestrating autopilot components and managing interactions between them. You'll drive this from requirements through architecture to production.
- Set the standard for performance and safety. Write high-performance **C++** code and build the monitoring infrastructure to enforce it — ensuring the pipeline meets the stringent requirements of a real-world autonomous vehicle system.
- Take long-term ownership of data compatibility and algorithm reproducibility — foundational properties that allow recorded data to reliably measure and improve autopilot quality over time.
- Build developer tooling and observability systems that help autonomy engineers detect, understand, and resolve problems in their code faster.
- Lead the design and automation of testing infrastructure for autopilot code defining practices adopted across teams and enforced in **CI**.
- Advocate for simplicity and long-term maintainability. Write well-structured code, produce clear design documents, and help the team resist unnecessary complexity.
- Act as a technical anchor for the team — mentoring engineers, leading code reviews, and driving alignment on architecture with stakeholders across autonomy disciplines.

## What You'll Need

- **5+ years** of professional software engineering experience with strong command of modern **C++ (C++17/20)** in production systems.
- Demonstrated experience writing high-performance, low-latency, or safety-critical systems — you understand what it means for correctness and performance to be non-negotiable.
- A track record of independently designing and shipping complex systems — including scoping the problem, evaluating trade-offs, and verifying outcomes after delivery.
- Strong communication skills you can turn ambiguous requirements from technology teams into crisp designs, and explain technical decisions clearly in writing.

## Nice to Have

- **Python** experience for scripting and non-time-critical tooling
- Background in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or other safety-critical real-time systems.

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