Senior Software Engineer Full-Stack

Kodiak; Mountain View (CA); On-site; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Flexible PTO and paid holidays

Dog-friendly office and free catered lunch

Wellbeing Benefits

Fidelity 401(k)

Job summary

A leading autonomous technology company is looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to design and implement scalable web applications and APIs. This role requires strong knowledge of web technologies, particularly HTML, CSS, React, and AWS. The candidate should have over 6 years of experience and be a great communicator. The position offers a competitive salary, equity, flexible PTO, and a range of wellness benefits. The office is dog-friendly and provides free catered lunches in Mountain View, CA.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience building backend services and intuitive web applications.
• Experience with using internal and external facing APIs.
• Great communicator with the ability to write clear documentation.

Responsibilities

• Optimize existing applications and APIs based on user feedback.
• Design and implement new features and user experiences.
• Collaborate with teams to understand requirements and validate designs.

Skills

HTML

CSS

React

TypeScript

AWS

API usage

App profiling

Performance tuning

Collaboration

Documentation

Education

BS, MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS Lambda

DynamoDB

Terraform

Figma

Three.js

C++

Job description

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector. The company delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous technology. In 2024, Kodiak became the first known company to publicly announce delivering a driverless semi‑truck to a customer. Kodiak is also leveraging its commercial self‑driving software to develop, test and deploy autonomous capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense.

We are looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with a background in creating reliable and scalable web applications and web services. This person must understand the fundamentals of modern web technologies and cloud technologies. The person in this role will be designing, implementing, testing, and deploying services and/or features for web‑based applications and APIs. The role will work collaboratively across multiple teams to gather requirements, validate designs and implementations, and test the resulting deliverables.

This role will require you to be in office at least 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Optimize and enhance existing applications and APIs to incorporate new features and user feedback.
• Design new features and user experiences, including UI elements and layout through mockups (e.g., Figma) and implement such features in React + TypeScript.
• Utilize a variety of AWS technologies such as API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon AppSync, DynamoDB, and Terraform.
• Interact with a variety of data sources including documents, databases, raw and/or processed sensor data, and other APIs.
• Collaborate with Software Engineering, Software Quality, and Operations to understand end user requirements.

What you'll bring

• Strong technical background as evidenced by BS, MS, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline
• 6+ years of experience building backend services and/or intuitive web applications with significant scale and performance
• Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
• Experience with using internal and external facing APIs
• Experience with app profiling and performance tuning.
• Experience with service performance measurement, observability, and tuning.
• Familiarity with web sockets and Typed Arrays
• Bonus for experience with Three.js, Web Workers, protobuf
• Bonus for experience in designing UIs using collaborative tools
• Bonus for experience with C++, creating tooling for robotics / timeseries data
• Bonus for experience with AWS PaaS technologies and services
• Great communicator; you must be capable of writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation.
• Passion; you must be passionate about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
• MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
• Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
• Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
• Wellbeing Benefits – Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
• Fidelity 401(k)
• Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA

At Kodiak, we strive to build a diverse community working towards our common company goals in a safe and collaborative environment where harassment of any kind is strictly prohibited. Kodiak is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.