Senior Software Engineer - Simulation Orchestration
Applied Intuition3 months ago
Base Salary
$153k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop a multi-environment compute platform for workload scheduling, resource allocation, and node lifecycle management.
- Collaborate with customers and internal teams to translate compute needs into platform features.
- Solve distributed-systems challenges including GPU scheduling, autoscaling, and resource efficiency.
- Ensure high reliability and scalability for production simulation systems.
- Drive architecture decisions to expand simulation orchestration into a company-wide compute platform.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of backend engineering experience owning production distributed systems.
- At least 4 years of coding in Golang, Python, Java, or C++.
- At least 4 years building complex backend systems on major cloud providers.
- Deep Kubernetes expertise, including pod scheduling, node lifecycle, and autoscaling under load.
- Experience building or operating workload scheduling systems involving dispatch, bin-packing, or quota enforcement.
- Experience driving production system development from 0 to 1.
- Preferred experience scheduling GPU workloads or managing GPU capacity at scale.
- Preferred multi-cloud experience with AWS, OCI, GCP, or Azure, or experience with on-premises Kubernetes deployments.
- Preferred experience managing multi-cluster environments using Infrastructure as Code.
- Preferred experience building custom Kubernetes controllers or operators.
- Preferred experience with cloud cost optimization for high-scale compute workloads.
Benefits
- Equity, potentially including options and restricted stock units
- Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement benefits with employer match
- Learning and wellness stipends
- Paid time off
- Primarily in-office work five days per week, with occasional remote-work flexibility
About Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition builds software tools, infrastructure, and operating systems for developing, testing, and deploying autonomous and driver-assistance systems across automotive, trucking, defense, construction, mining, and agriculture. It sells enterprise software and services including simulation, sensor data management, HD mapping, and a vehicle OS to OEMs and government customers. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, it counts 18 of the top 20 global automakers and the U.S. military among its users.