Applied Intuition powers physical AI, automating machines across automotive, defense, trucking, mining, construction, & agriculture. Backed by General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins and a16z.
About the role
As a Software Engineer on the Control Center team, you will build the central operational platform that connects autonomous vehicle fleets to human operators across a wide range of industries including mining, commercial trucking, defense, industrial automation, and consumer AVs.
What they're looking for
- Proven backend/systems expertise: 4+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production distributed systems using Go, C++ or Python
- Real-time data experience: Hands-on experience with high-throughput streaming architectures, event-driven systems, or time-series data management (e.g., Kafka, gRPC, time-series DBs)
- Strong system design & API instincts: Mastery of data modeling, API design, and distributed consensus, with a sharp focus on reliability, fault tolerance, and security
- Production ownership mindset: Comfort managing the full software lifecycle—including CI/CD, telemetry/observability, on-call rotations, and root-cause analysis for edge-case failure modes
- Product ownership in ambiguous spaces: Ability to take vague requirements, break down complex domain problems, and execute pragmatic trade-offs in a fast-paced environment
- Cross-functional collaboration: Excellent communication skills with a track record of bridging technical gaps between cloud software and hardware platforms
More about this role
Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co .
We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home...
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