Senior C++ Engineer: Simulation Infrastructure for Autonomy

Avride Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Avride Inc. is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer to design and build the foundational simulation infrastructure powering our autonomous driving stack.

You will write high-performance C++ code that drives critical workflows and collaborate with platform and autonomy teams to ensure correctness and reproducibility. You will tackle running multiple autonomy modules in a single simulation, develop tools to analyze performance, and optimize for scale and cost.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building production-level software.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++.
• Experience in benchmarking, profiling, and optimizing complex systems.
• Familiarity with large-scale or distributed compute environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement foundational simulation infrastructure in C++.
• Ensure simulation runs are correct, reproducible, and efficient.
• Collaborate with platform and autonomy teams to ensure integration and consistency with real-world deployments.
• Lead and contribute to design reviews and cross-team technical decisions.
• Build tools for analyzing performance and debugging system behavior.

Skills

5+ yrs exp

Modern C++

Benchmarking & profiling

Distributed compute envs

Tools

Bazel

Python (tools)

Job description

Avride Inc. is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer to design and build the foundational simulation infrastructure powering our autonomous driving stack.

You will write high-performance C++ code that drives critical workflows and collaborate with platform and autonomy teams to ensure correctness and reproducibility. You will tackle running multiple autonomy modules in a single simulation, develop tools to analyze performance, and optimize for scale and cost.