Senior Planning Infra Engineer for Autonomous Systems

Kodiak; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Kodiak in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Planning Infrastructure. The ideal candidate will enhance tools and systems for autonomy software development, directly supporting engineering workflows and software quality. You will work closely with engineers to optimize performance and maintainability of systems.

This position requires strong software engineering skills, especially in C++, with a proven background in developing large-scale software solutions and a strong collaborative spirit. Competitive compensation is offered, including base salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with C++ performance optimization and large-scale software systems.
• Experience building tools, libraries, frameworks, or workflows.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, high-performance code.

Responsibilities

• Build tools and infrastructure that accelerate Planning development.
• Improve testing, debugging, and evaluation workflows.
• Design reusable systems and abstractions used across the Planning team.

Skills

C++ performance optimization

Large-scale software systems

Software engineering background

Systems thinking

Collaboration skills

Interest in autonomy

Tools

Testing tools

Debugging tools

Simulation tools

Data-driven evaluation

Job description

Kodiak in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Planning Infrastructure. The ideal candidate will enhance tools and systems for autonomy software development, directly supporting engineering workflows and software quality. You will work closely with engineers to optimize performance and maintainability of systems.

This position requires strong software engineering skills, especially in C++, with a proven background in developing large-scale software solutions and a strong collaborative spirit. Competitive compensation is offered, including base salary and benefits.