Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Autonomy Platform

Didi Labs; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 339,000; Full time

Job summary

DiDi Autonomous Driving in San Jose, CA is seeking a Sr. / Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure to shape the core platform powering our autonomous driving software stack.

You will define the technical roadmap for high-performance middleware, onboard toolchains, and large-scale simulation frameworks, collaborating with Autonomy and Simulation teams to boost stability and developer productivity. You will lead architecture, drive build systems and compiler strategies (ccatch), mentor engineers,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field related to software engineering.
• 6–10+ years designing and maintaining real-time systems, C++, and Linux infrastructure.
• Proven leadership, architecture experience, and multi-team delivery.
• Expertise in C++, system programming, multi-threading, and low-latency IPC/middleware.
• Deep knowledge of compiler internals (Clang/GCC, LLVM) and build tooling (Bazel/CMake).
• Proven ability to debug complex kernel/user-space faults and race conditions.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural vision for low-latency IPC middleware and runtime engines.
• Own end-to-end build infrastructure, toolchains, and compiler strategies (ccatch).
• Architect deterministic simulation platforms (ezsim) and post-mortem tooling.
• Drive profiling, memory optimization, and latency reductions across the stack.
• Serve as infrastructure domain expert for onboard teams and cross-functional collaboration.
• Elevate development tools and workflows to boost velocity while controlling complexity.
• Mentor engineers, set standards, and lead technical design reviews.

Skills

C++

Real-time systems

Linux infra

Multi-threading

Compiler internals

Build systems

Performance optimization

Debugging complex faults

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Bazel

CMake

ccatch

LLVM/Clang

Job description

DiDi Autonomous Driving in San Jose, CA is seeking a Sr. / Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure to shape the core platform powering our autonomous driving software stack.

You will define the technical roadmap for high-performance middleware, onboard toolchains, and large-scale simulation frameworks, collaborating with Autonomy and Simulation teams to boost stability and developer productivity. You will lead architecture, drive build systems and compiler strategies (ccatch), mentor engineers,