Senior Deployment Infrastructure Engineer for Autonomous Vehicles

Latitude; Pittsburgh, Palo Alto, Detroit (Allegheny County, CA, MI); On-site; USD 179,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Unlimited vacation

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Latitude AI, a Ford Motor Company subsidiary, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Deploy Platform to modernize deployment infrastructure and enable teams to ship software to autonomous vehicles.

You’ll build Python services and systems in Rust/Go/C++, integrate with Artifactory and Jenkins, and collaborate with Security, Safety, and Embedded teams to ensure secure, robust deployments across Fortune's fleet. Experience with Linux, CI/CD, and IaC is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or related field
• Strong proficiency in Python for automation, tooling, and service development
• Experience with at least one systems language (Rust, Go, C++, or similar)
• Familiarity with Linux systems administration and scripting (systemd, networking, package management)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, or deployment automation (Ansible, Terraform, Salt, or similar)
• Comfortable working with CI/CD pipelines and release tooling
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug across system boundaries

Responsibilities

• Modernize deployment infrastructure – Replace legacy Ansible-based bootstrapping workflows with maintainable, testable tooling in Python and systems languages (Rust, C++)
• Build services for next-gen deployment tooling – Develop backend services that support our deployment systems, integrating with systems such as Artifactory and Jenkins
• Integrate with test infrastructure – Connect deployment systems with our hardware-in-the-loop integration test framework to ensure software updates are validated before reaching vehicles
• Enable other teams – Build tooling and automation that helps engineers across Latitude deploy software reliably, reducing friction and manual steps
• Collaborate across boundaries – Work with Security, Safety, and Embedded teams to ensure deployments are secure, robust, and meet automotive requirements
• Improve observability – Add monitoring, logging, and debugging capabilities to deployment pipelines so issues are caught early and diagnosed quickly

Skills

Python

Rust

Go

C++

Linux

CI/CD pipelines

Ansible

Terraform

Salt

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or related field

Tools

Terraform

Salt

Job description

Latitude AI, a Ford Motor Company subsidiary, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Deploy Platform to modernize deployment infrastructure and enable teams to ship software to autonomous vehicles.

You’ll build Python services and systems in Rust/Go/C++, integrate with Artifactory and Jenkins, and collaborate with Security, Safety, and Embedded teams to ensure secure, robust deployments across Fortune's fleet. Experience with Linux, CI/CD, and IaC is required.