Senior Software Engineer - Simulation Orchestration

applied; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k) retirement benefits with employer match

Learning and wellness stipends

Paid time off

Job summary

Applied Intuition is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Simulation Orchestration team in Sunnyvale, California. The role involves owning the compute platform for autonomy products, developing systems for workload scheduling, and ensuring high reliability in simulation systems.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of backend engineering experience and deep expertise in Kubernetes. Compensation includes a competitive salary range of $153,000 - $220,000 annually, with equity and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience managing production distributed systems.
• Deep Kubernetes expertise including pod scheduling and autoscaling.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization strategies for high-scale workloads.

Responsibilities

• Develop a compute platform for workload scheduling and resource allocation.
• Solve challenges in distributed systems including GPU scheduling.
• Ensure reliability and scalability for production simulation systems.

Skills

Golang

Python

Java

C++

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Job description

About Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices worldwide.

We are an in‑office company, and our expectation is that employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office five days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments.

About the role

As a senior software engineer on the Simulation Orchestration team, you will own the compute platform that Applied Intuition’s autonomy products run on. Our customers, and our own internal self‑driving programs, run millions of simulations to validate every change to their self‑driving stack — throughput is directly how fast they ship. From that foundation, the team is expanding to own on‑demand compute scheduling and capacity management across Applied: one platform, any workload, any environment.

Key responsibilities

• Develop a multi‑environment compute platform for workload scheduling, resource allocation, and node lifecycle.
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to translate compute needs into platform features.
• Solve distributed systems challenges including GPU scheduling, autoscaling, and resource efficiency.
• Ensure high reliability and scalability for production simulation systems.
• Drive architecture decisions to expand simulation orchestration into a company‑wide compute platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with a track record of owning production distributed systems.
• 4+ years coding in Golang, Python, Java, or C++.
• 4+ years building complex backend systems on major cloud providers.
• Deep Kubernetes expertise, including pod scheduling, node lifecycle, and autoscaling under load.
• Experience building or operating workload scheduling systems (e.g., dispatch, bin‑packing, quota enforcement).
• Self‑starter with experience driving production system development from 0 to 1.

Nice to have

• Experience scheduling GPU workloads or managing GPU capacity at scale.
• Multi‑cloud (AWS, OCI, GCP, Azure) or on‑prem Kubernetes deployments.
• Experience managing multi‑cluster environments using Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience building custom Kubernetes controllers or operators.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization strategies for high‑scale compute workloads.

Compensation and benefits

Compensation includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units, comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401(k) retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off. Base salary ranges for the position are $153,000 ‑ $220,000 USD annually. Benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. The parties agree to abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60‑1.4(a), 41 CFR 60‑300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60‑741.5(a) and to prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on veteran or disability status, as well as against all individuals based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. The parties also agree to comply with Executive Order 13496 regarding the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.