Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Ops Platforms

Bot Auto; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bot Auto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Operation Platforms to architect and build the platforms that run its autonomous trucking operations. You will design core object models, state machines, and services coordinating Loads, Missions, and Trips across digital and physical domains with deterministic foundations and room for agentic automation.

As a hands-on technical leader, you will build operator-facing tools and backend services that move the fleet safely and efficiently in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience building backend services and/or full‑stack applications in production.
• Strong skills in Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience designing distributed systems, data models, state machines, or workflow/lifecycle-driven applications.
• Solid understanding of APIs, databases, and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build the core operation platforms — scheduler, dispatcher, vehicle console, ATC, and TMS — and the services that coordinate them.
• Design durable object models, state machines, and lifecycle logic for the system’s core entities (Load, Leg, Mission, Trip) and the structured events that connect them.
• Establish clear authority boundaries between applications, keeping the deterministic core reliable, traceable, and auditable while enabling automation on top.
• Build real-time operator tooling and role-based views for dispatchers, remote assistants, technicians, and fleet managers.
• Develop backend services, APIs, and event-driven integrations that connect digital planning with the physical fleet, including the edge vehicle console.
• Ensure safety-relevant workflows are correct, observable, and resilient.
• Partner with autonomy, operations, product, and physical-layer teams to translate real operational workflows into dependable software.
• Drive engineering excellence through system design, code quality, testing, observability, and mentorship.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

APIs

Event-driven architectures

Python

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

React/TypeScript

NATS

Kafka

MQTT

Job description

Bot Auto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Operation Platforms to architect and build the platforms that run its autonomous trucking operations. You will design core object models, state machines, and services coordinating Loads, Missions, and Trips across digital and physical domains with deterministic foundations and room for agentic automation.

As a hands-on technical leader, you will build operator-facing tools and backend services that move the fleet safely and efficiently in