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Senior Software Engineer, Behavior Prediction- Planning

Kodiak AI· Motion Planning
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Mountain View, CA$170k - $210kfull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer focused on improving behavior and trajectory prediction for autonomous driving, collaborating with Planning, ML, Perception, Simulation, and Systems teams to enhance prediction quality, interfaces, and their impact on planning decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Own prediction improvements within the Planning team. Advance prediction models and collaborate closely with ML teams on learned prediction models, model outputs, uncertainty, and failure modes.
  • Improve prediction-planning interfaces, including confidence, uncertainty, intent representation, and fallback behavior.
  • Collaborate on projects that improve planning behavior in scenarios where actor intent is uncertain or changing.
  • Define metrics and evaluation frameworks for prediction quality as it relates to planning behavior. Analyze prediction-related planning failures using logs, simulation, metrics, and scenario-based evaluation.
  • Lead technical projects and mentor junior engineers.

Qualifications

  • Strong experience with behavior prediction, trajectory prediction, actor intent modeling, or related autonomous vehicle prediction problems.
  • Strong software engineering skills with proficiency in C++. Python proficiency is a plus.
  • Experience working with planning systems and understanding of how prediction impacts planning, safety, comfort, and system behavior.
  • Ability to analyze complex autonomy failures using logs, metrics, and simulation.
  • Strong collaboration skills across Perception, Planning, ML, Simulation, and Systems teams.
  • Strong system-level judgment around prediction uncertainty, safety, and deployment and ability to reason across heuristic, learned, and hybrid prediction approaches.

Skills

Required:Behavior predictionC++Planning systemsDiagnostics / analysisCollaboration
Nice to have:Python

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
  • MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
  • Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
  • Office located in Mountain View, CA
  • Dog-friendly office, free catered lunch, fully stocked kitchen, free EV charging
  • Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
  • Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
  • Fidelity 401(k)
  • Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
  • Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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