Senior Neural Simulation Engineer - Scalable ML Backends

Front Door Defense; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and scale Neural Simulation backend infrastructure that converts real-world driving data into high-fidelity simulations. The role focuses on large-scale data processing, ML pipelines, and end-to-end system ownership.

You will build distributed systems, optimize storage for multimodal data, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust autonomous driving solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience shipping complex, large-scale software.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven track record of designing, building, and operating scalable distributed systems, data pipelines, and data storage solutions (SQL, NoSQL, vector databases, or data lakes).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerized systems (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with backend development in languages such as Python and Go.
• Strong system design and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable closed loop simulation systems using Neural Reconstruction.
• Architect systems that process and manage large-scale data.
• Develop infrastructure for ML workflows, including training pipelines, evaluation and validation systems, model inference pipelines.
• Design and optimize storage solutions for structured, unstructured, and multimodal data.
• Improve system reliability, observability, and performance across distributed services.
• Collaborate closely with Infra, Autonomy, Research and other product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Take ownership of critical systems and influence architecture and product decisions.

Skills

Distributed systems

Python

Go

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Data pipelines

System design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

Vector databases

Data lakes

Job description

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and scale Neural Simulation backend infrastructure that converts real-world driving data into high-fidelity simulations. The role focuses on large-scale data processing, ML pipelines, and end-to-end system ownership.

You will build distributed systems, optimize storage for multimodal data, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust autonomous driving solutions.