Staff/Principal Software Engineer, In-Vehicle AI Experiences

Jobtailor; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced software leader to drive driver-facing capabilities from concept to production. You will own end-to-end features across driver requests, on-device fulfillment, and vehicle integration, writing Kotlin and contributing to Python-based AI systems.

You will prototype experiences, assess them in realistic vehicle environments, and collaborate with product, UX, and safety teams to shape the roadmap for in-vehicle AI experiences while mentoring engineers and guiding

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Staff: 8+ years shipping production software.
• Principal: 10+ years shipping production software.
• Strong hands-on software development in Kotlin, Java, C++, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Define and build driver-facing capabilities from concept through production.
• Own features end to end from driver requests through on-device fulfillment and UI.
• Write production Kotlin and contribute to Python-based agent definitions and APIs.
• Prototype experiences and validate in vehicle environments.
• Partner with Product, UX, vehicle software, safety, and validation teams.
• Make tradeoffs on value, reliability, latency, and offline behavior.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

C++

Python

Android

System Design

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Engineering Degree

Tools

APIs

NLU

LLM Orchestration

Vehicle Integration

Connected Services

Job description

Responsibilities

• Define and build driver-facing capabilities from concept through production
• Own features end to end, from driver requests and conversational behavior through on-device fulfillment, vehicle integration, UI, validation, and iteration
• Write production Kotlin and contribute to Python-based agent definitions, NLU, LLM orchestration, APIs, and connected services
• Rapidly prototype experiences, evaluate them in realistic vehicle environments, and turn successful ideas into reliable products
• Partner with Product, UX, conversation design, vehicle software, systems, platform, safety, privacy, and validation teams
• Make pragmatic tradeoffs involving customer value, speed, reliability, latency, offline behavior, resource constraints, maintainability, and driver distraction
• Diagnose complex issues across application, assistant, vehicle, and cloud boundaries
• Use AI-assisted development workflows for design, implementation, testing, debugging, and codebase understanding
• Establish reusable engineering patterns and lightweight workflows
• Mentor engineers through implementation, design reviews, code reviews, and direct technical collaboration
• Help shape the roadmap for in-vehicle AI experiences and identify opportunities from emerging technology
• Staff scope: independently own a major capability or product domain and lead ambiguous cross-functional initiatives
• Principal scope: shape technical and product direction across multiple capabilities and resolve architectural and organizational boundaries

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• Staff: Minimum 8+ years of experience building and shipping production software
• Principal: Minimum 10+ years of experience building and shipping production software
• Strong hands-on software development skills in Kotlin, Java, C++, Python, or a comparable language
• Ability and interest to work primarily in Kotlin and Android
• Record of independently delivering complex, user-facing features across multiple components or systems
• Ability to turn ambiguous customer or business goals into concrete designs, incremental plans, and working software
• Strong system-design, debugging, testing, and operational-quality judgment
• Experience leading technical work across organizational or functional boundaries
• Clear communication with engineers, designers, product partners, and technical leadership
• Demonstrated ability to learn unfamiliar technologies quickly and apply them pragmatically
• Experience using modern AI-assisted software-development workflows effectively and responsibly

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in building and shipping production software with a focus on Kotlin and Android, while effectively leading cross-functional initiatives and mentoring engineers. Capable of transforming ambiguous goals into concrete designs and delivering user-facing features across multiple systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Kotlin Development
• AI-Assisted Software Development
• System Design
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• User-Facing Feature Delivery

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Kotlin
• Java
• C++
• Python
• Software Development
• Debugging
• Testing
• Operational Quality Judgment
• System Design
• Feature Delivery

Soft Skills

• Clear Communication
• Mentoring
• Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Engineering Degree

Industry Keywords

• Driver-Facing Capabilities
• Vehicle Software
• AI Experiences
• Product Roadmap
• Emerging Technology

Tools & Technologies

• APIs
• NLU
• LLM Orchestration
• Connected Services
• Vehicle Integration