Software Engineer

Stack AV; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Remote; USD 123,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Stack AV is seeking a Software Engineer to design innovative software solutions in the autonomous vehicle space. The role involves writing detailed software design documents, collaborating across departments, and maintaining software performance. Applicants should have a Master's degree in a relevant field and experience with multiple programming technologies, including Golang and Typescript, to contribute to the development of cutting-edge autonomous systems.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field and 1 year experience in relevant roles.
• Strong programming skills in Golang, Typescript, and React.
• Ability to develop scalable microservices and analyze performance issues.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software tooling to meet company goals.
• Document software designs and facilitate alignment across teams.
• Implement software solutions and monitor existing systems.

Skills

Golang

Typescript

React

AWS

PostgreSQL

Docker

Microservices

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

GitHub

Slack

JIRA

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Job description

Stack is developing revolutionary AI and advanced autonomous systems designed to enhance safety, reliability, and efficiency of modern operations. Stack's autonomous technology incorporates cutting-edge advancements in artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, and cloud technologies, empowering us to create innovative solutions that address the needs and challenges of the dynamic trucking transportation industry. With decades of experience creating and deploying real world systems for demanding environments, the Stack team is dedicated to developing an autonomous solution ecosystem tailored to the trucking industry's unique demands.

Job Description:Designing and participating in the design of software tooling in order to meet the needs ofusers and company goals. Write detailed software design documents that describe the proposed softwaredesign, facilitate alignment across cross-functional teams, and propose an implementation plan.Maintaining and supporting current and new software systems in order to correct errors and in order tomaintain or increase performance of the software systems. Monitoring existing systems and track issuesand fixes from discovery to implementation. Working with stakeholders in order to perform requirementsanalysis, assessing the feasibility of them given cost and time constraints. Implementing softwaresolutions to meet the requirements defined for a software project, using technologies and programminglanguages such as but not limited to Typescript, Golang, C++, React, PostgreSQL, Linux, and AWS.Documenting and updating documentation of software systems. Work closely with a User ExperienceDesigner on negotiating the feasibility of a UI design concept. Provide inputs and influence on the UIdesign process. Present technical designs to senior engineers and user stakeholders. Domestic travelrequired, 25%. Telecommuting permissible from any location within US.

Requirements: Master’s degree or foreign degree equivalent in Computer Science, ElectricalEngineering or related field and one (1) year of experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering,Robotics in the autonomous vehicle space or related field.

Skills: Experience and/or education must include:
1. Golang and gRPC to develop scalable and highly available microservices.
2. Typescript, HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and React to develop web application userinterfaces.
3. Source control (GitHub) and continuous integration technologies (GitHub Actions) to ensurecode is safely revisioned and released.
4. Docker, Kubernentes, and AWS technologies to perform highly available and highly scalablesoftware deployments.
5. Analyze problems and decide whether a SQL based technology (PostgreSQL) or a NoSQL basedtechnology (Redis) is applicable for the problem being solved.
6. Apply and understand tradeoffs between different data structure and algorithms to ensuresoftware scales to the company’s needs.
7. Translate UI designs from a tool such as Figma to functional requirements for implementation.
8. Read server logs using technologies such as Loki to debug and root cause production issues.
9. Grafana visualizations or other performance tools to understand the performance of applicationsand to identify shortcomings.
10. Slack, JIRA, and Zoom to communicate with other team members and stakeholders.
11. GitHub to provide code reviews to other team members.

Salary:$123,750 - $198,000 /year. 40 hours/week

Location: 1001 Technology Drive, Mount Pleasant, PA 15666; Telecommuting permissible from any location within US

Contact: Please reference Job ID: 8711089

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Please Note: Pursuant to its business activities and use of technology, Stack AV complies with all applicable U.S. national security laws, regulations, and administrative requirements, which can restrict Stack AV’s ability to employ certain persons in certain positions pursuant to a range of national security-related requirements. As such, this position may be contingent upon Stack AV verifying a candidate’s residence, U.S. person status, and/or citizenship status. This position may also involve working with software and technologies subject to U.S. export control regulations. Under these regulations, it may be necessary for Stack AV to obtain a U.S. government export license prior to releasing its technologies to certain persons. If Stack AV determines that a candidate’s residence, U.S. person status, and/or citizenship status will require a license, prohibit the candidate from working in this position, or otherwise be subject to national security-related restrictions, Stack AV expressly reserves the right to either consider the candidate for a different position that is not subject to such restrictions, on whatever terms and conditions Stack AV shall establish in its sole discretion, or, in the alternative, decline to move forward with the candidate’s application.

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