# Staff Software Engineer, Sensing Systems at Chaos

- Company: Chaos
- What the company does: CHAOS Industries builds a multi-product portfolio powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN TM), giving military, commercial, and border teams the ultimate advantage: domain dominance. Backed by Accel and NEA.
- Company website: https://chaosinc.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: El Segundo, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $211K to $290K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chaosindustries/jobs/5269102007?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chaos-staff-software-engineer-sensing-systems/

## About the role

We're hiring one of the first software engineers on our electro-optical team. Today that means long-range EO/IR sensors. In future it could mean sensors on mobile and airborne platforms. Wherever the sensor sits, the job is the software that makes it, and every sensor around it, act as one system. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of professional software engineering, including owning a production system end to end: you designed it, shipped it, and fixed it when it broke
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Strong Python. You build services and tools other engineers depend on, not just scripts and notebooks
- Comfort with Linux, Docker, networking and CI. You can get a multi-service system running on hardware you've never touched before
- An appetite for field work. You want to be on site when your code runs, and you can debug and ship a fix before the next flight
- A habit of measuring rather than guessing: you build the experiment, then trust the data

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chaos-staff-software-engineer-sensing-systems/