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Software Engineer (SDS Core - Evaluation)

Applied Intuition· Self-Driving Systems
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Sunnyvale$125k - $222kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Role focused on building metrics, datasets, and visualizations to evaluate autonomy stacks. Works at the intersection of autonomy engineering and measurement, using real and synthetic data to assess perception, prediction, and planning, and improving evaluation infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own metrics for one or more autonomy behavior areas, from requirements through implementation
  • Build and curate the datasets — real and synthetic — that those metrics run against
  • Design visualizations and reporting that make progressions and regressions obvious at a glance
  • Partner with perception, prediction, and planning teams to turn their open questions into measurable signal
  • Improve evaluation infrastructure: trigger paths, run time, reliability, and result presentation
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to defining best practices for data-centric development

Qualifications

  • Master’s, PhD, or equivalent work experience in Engineering such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering
  • 3–5 years of experience in software or data infrastructure engineering
  • Expertise in building and scaling data pipelines, distributed systems, or ML infrastructure
  • Proficiency in Python and strong knowledge of data frameworks (Spark, Airflow, Kafka, etc.)
  • Experience working with large-scale datasets and understanding data-driven development cycles
  • Familiarity with machine learning workflows or model training/deployment, especially automation of those processes
  • Strong systems thinking and ability to work across multiple parts of the stack (data, infra, and ML)
  • Interest in seeing the direct impact of your infrastructure work on how vehicles perform and improve
  • Ability to move fast, learn quickly, and mentor others while growing with the team

Skills

Required:Metrics design and validationData pipeline developmentPython
Last updated Oct 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Applied Intuition

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Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company with the tools, Vehicle OS, and autonomy stacks for creating safe, AI-powered vehicle experiences.

AIAutonomy stacksSelf-Driving SystemSimulationTesting & ValidationVehicle IntelligenceVehicle OSai-infrastructure-and-development
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