Senior Software Engineer - Neural Simulation
Applied Intuition· Dana for Physical AI
Sunnyvale$185k - $250kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Senior software engineer role focused on building the Neural Simulation backbone to turn real-world driving data into high-fidelity simulation environments, including large-scale reconstruction, synthetic data generation, log augmentation, and ML pipelines for autonomy systems.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable closed loop simulation systems using Neural Reconstruction
- Architect systems that process and manage large-scale data
- Develop infrastructure for ML workflows, including: Training pipelines, Evaluation and validation systems, Model inference pipelines
- Design and optimize storage solutions for structured, unstructured, and multimodal data (e.g., sensor, 3D, logs)
- Improve system reliability, observability, and performance across distributed services
- Collaborate closely with Infra, Autonomy, Research and other product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
- Take ownership of critical systems and influence architecture and product decisions
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience shipping complex, large-scale software
- A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- A proven track record of designing, building, and operating scalable distributed systems, data pipelines, and data storage solutions (such as SQL, NoSQL, vector databases, or data lakes)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerized systems (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with backend development in languages such as Python and Go
- Strong system design and problem-solving skills
Skills
Required:Large-scale distributed systemsData pipelines / data storageCloud platformsContainerizationBackend developmentSystem designCollaboration
Nice to have:ML workflows infrastructure (nice to have)
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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