Software Engineer - Maps Infrastructure
Applied Intuition· Dana for Physical AI
Sunnyvale$125k - $222kFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Role focused on building HD maps infrastructure for autonomous vehicles, spanning distributed systems, data pipelines, map creation and lifecycle management, visualization, and deployment across multiple vehicle types.
Responsibilities
- Manage and operate distributed simulation workflows to support large-scale testing of robotic control, planning, and perception systems in diverse operating scenarios
- Build scalable HD mapping workflows integrated directly into autonomy stacks for control and planning across real-world mapping, localization, and simulation challenges
- Build infrastructure and tools to provide high definition (HD) map creation, ingestion, and lifecycle management for autonomous vehicle and robotics development across all of Applied’s products
- Contribute to the Dana for Physical AI map storage format to handle heterogeneous features and distributed map data focusing on UIs, data pipelines and storage, CRUD operations, and SDKs
- Support tooling to digitize road network geometry, semantic attributes, and related infrastructure from lidar point clouds, high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, street-level imagery, and other geospatial inputs
- Validate map changes against rigorous mapping specifications to ensure high accuracy, completeness, and consistency of map data thru algorithmic and other quality validation checks
- Collaborate with engineers and customers to gather requirements, plan features, and create roadmaps
Qualifications
- BS in in Computer Science, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, or related engineering field
- 2+ years experience in programming & systems including: C++, Python, Go, JavaScript, SQL, Linux, and Git
- Engineering Practices: Scalable distributed systems, CI/CD workflows, version control, and cross-team collaboration using Jira and Git-based tooling
Skills
Required:C++PythonSQLLinuxGitDistributed systemsCI/CDJira
Nice to have:GoJavaScriptWeb-based map editors / 3D tooling
Last updated Oct 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Applied Intuition
Building vehicle intelligence | Applied Intuition
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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