Senior Software Engineer, World Representation for Autonomy

Applied Intuition; Poway (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k with employer match

Learning stipend

Wellness stipend

Paid time off

Job summary

Applied Intuition is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect the world representation layer of the Acuity autonomy stack. You will define 4D spatial abstractions, ECS frameworks, and high-performance data structures for multi-agent environments across air, ground, and maritime domains.

The role requires deep experience in spatial systems, real-time simulation, and C++20, with practical knowledge of game engines, robotics simulators, or autonomous stacks.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience in spatial systems, world modeling, or simulation.
• Expert-level C++ with C++20 or later, templates, move semantics, SIMD, and optimization.
• Hands‑on experience building world or scene representations in game engines, simulators, or autonomous stacks.
• Strong background in computational geometry: coordinate transforms, BVH, octrees, kd-trees, and collision/proximity.
• Low-latency, high-throughput software design for real-time environments.
• Proficiency in Python and shell scripting for tooling and automation.
• Experience with AI-assisted development workflows and tools like Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot.

Responsibilities

• Architect World & Scene Representation Systems: core spatial data structures, ECS, spatial indexing, 4D object management for large multi-agent environments.
• Own Mapping & Geometry Pipelines: between raw sensor data and path planning, coordinate frame management and environment abstraction layers.
• Drive Performance to the Metal: write optimized C++20, low-latency, cache-efficient code; profile, minimize allocations, optimize hot paths.
• Lead Technical Strategy & Integration: drive architecture decisions and clean APIs for cross-domain integration across autonomy stacks.
• Collaborate & Mentor: guide sensor, planning, and simulation engineers to align the scene layer with the full stack needs.

Skills

C++ (C++20)

World modeling

Spatial systems

Real-time systems

Python

Shell scripting

AI-assisted tools

Tools

Linux toolchains

Docker

Nix

Bazel

Job description

Applied Intuition is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect the world representation layer of the Acuity autonomy stack. You will define 4D spatial abstractions, ECS frameworks, and high-performance data structures for multi-agent environments across air, ground, and maritime domains.

The role requires deep experience in spatial systems, real-time simulation, and C++20, with practical knowledge of game engines, robotics simulators, or autonomous stacks.