Senior Software Engineer, Core Platforms

Bot Auto; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Bot Auto in Houston seeks a Senior Software Engineer for Core Platforms to design and operate event-driven architectures, API gateways, and edge services connecting trucks to cloud platforms.

You will own the C++ build stack and container pipelines, contribute to secure system design, and mentor engineers while collaborating across teams in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering across build systems, infrastructure or platform engineering
• Experience with C++ build/dependency tooling (CMake, Conan, Bazel) and container build systems (Docker)
• Production experience with Kubernetes and at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

Responsibilities

• Design and support event-driven architecture with messaging/streaming platforms
• Develop and operate API gateways for secure, scalable access
• Build backend services for artifact/resource management, fleet data and operations
• Develop on-vehicle edge services connecting trucks to cloud platforms
• Implement identity, authorization, and least-privilege access across services and fleet
• Manage certificate and key lifecycle, PKI and mTLS
• Own C++ build toolchain (Conan/CMake) across autonomy repos
• Maintain container image pipelines including GPU toolchains and cross-compilation
• Act as a primary code reviewer and write ADRs/design specs
• Contribute to on-call and long-term reliability
• Mentor engineers and improve testing/docs/operational excellence

Skills

Build systems

Infrastructure

Platform engineering

C++ tooling

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Backend services

Security design

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

CMake

Conan

Bazel

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Core Platforms

Houston, TX

Company Introduction

At Bot Auto, we are revolutionizing the transportation of goods with our cutting-edge autonomous trucks, enhancing the quality of life for communities around the globe. With the agility of a start-up and the wisdom of seasoned experts, Bot Auto boasts a team that has achieved numerous world-firsts and unparalleled innovations. United by a shared vision, we create miracles and propel the future of transportation. Join us and transform your dreams into reality.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and support company-wide event-driven architecture with messaging and streaming platforms, including stream and consumer provisioning and the shared IDL/schema services depend on.
• Develop and operate API gateways that provide secure, scalable, and reliable access to internal and external services.
• Design and build backend services for artifact and resource management, fleet data, and operations — including event-driven frameworks, object storage pipelines, durable state, and distributed locking.
• Develop the on-vehicle edge services that connect trucks to cloud platforms, covering event forwarding, credential and certificate management, and fleet-wide deployment.
• Build identity, authorization, and least-privilege access across services, devices, and the fleet — RBAC, JWT issuance and verification, service principals, and SSO integration.
• Own certificate and key management, including internal PKI, mTLS between cloud and vehicle, and the secrets lifecycle and rotation.
• Own and evolve the C++ build, dependency-resolution, and packaging toolchain (Conan/CMake-based) used across every autonomy repository, including dependency solving, version constraints, and cross-context consistency.
• Design and maintain container image pipelines for development, simulation, and on-vehicle runtime images — including GPU toolchain upgrades (CUDA/TensorRT), multi-stage runtime builds, and cross-compilation to aarch64 targets such as NVIDIA DriveOS.
• Serve as a primary code reviewer and design partner across the organization; write ADRs and design specifications for decisions that cross team boundaries.
• Participate in infrastructure on-call — mitigate user-impacting issues quickly with clear communication, then follow up with durable long-term fixes.
• Mentor engineers and raise the bar on testing, documentation, and operational excellence..

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience spanning build systems, infrastructure, or platform engineering
• Demonstrated experience with C++ build and dependency tooling (CMake, Conan, or Bazel) and container build systems (Docker)
• Production experience with Kubernetes and at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience designing and operating backend services, APIs, databases, and event-driven systems
• Solid understanding of authentication, authorization, secrets management, and secure system design
• Outstanding communication skills and a track record of cross-team collaboration in a fast-moving environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Infrastructure-as-code proficiency (Pulumi, Terraform, OpenTofu, or Ansible) and GitOps delivery (Argo CD)
• Experience with workflow orchestration (Argo Workflows, Airflow) and streaming platforms (NATS JetStream, Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ)
• Experience with API gateway platforms (APISIX, Kong) and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry)
• Cross-compilation and embedded/automotive toolchain experience (aarch64, NVIDIA DriveOS, TensorRT)
• Experience with PKI, mTLS, HSM/KMS-backed signing, IAM, and zero-trust architectures
• Prior experience deploying LLMs and building agentic or human-in-the-loop automation
• Background in autonomous vehicle systems, robotics, or other cyber-physical systems

As set forth in Bot Auto’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.