Staff Software Engineer - Real-Time Fleet Platform (Remote)

Cyngn Inc.; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote or hybrid work opportunities

401(k)

Medical, Dental, Vision

Sabbatical after 5 years

Daily lunches

Job summary

Cyngn Inc. in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for our SaaS fleet management platform to enable real-time control and monitoring of autonomous vehicles in the field.

You will lead design, implementation, deployment, and maintenance of a scalable cloud-based solution that helps customers optimize workflows and maximize operational efficiency. This role blends leadership with hands-on technical excellence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software development with backend and distributed systems.
• Cloud-native SaaS platforms experience, preferably IoT/robotics.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or C++, with knowledge of others.
• Cloud services experience (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Event-driven architectures and messaging systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ/Pulsar).
• SQL and NoSQL database experience.
• Real-time WebSocket communications development.
• Strong leadership and mentoring history.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead development of a cloud-native fleet management system with real-time control and monitoring.
• Design scalable distributed systems handling high-volume real-time data.
• Develop robust APIs and microservices for integrations with autonomous vehicle platforms.
• Create algorithms for route optimization, task scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Implement analytics and ML features for predictive maintenance and BI.
• Ensure reliability, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Lead engineers and mentor junior developers; foster innovation and code quality.
• Collaborate with product, UX, and customers to translate requirements into tech solutions.
• Participate in full software lifecycle from concept to deployment.

Skills

Backend systems

Cloud-native SaaS

Programming languages

Cloud platforms

Event-driven

SQL/NoSQL

WebSocket RT data

CI/CD/Terraform

Leadership

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitOps

Job description

Cyngn Inc. in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for our SaaS fleet management platform to enable real-time control and monitoring of autonomous vehicles in the field.

You will lead design, implementation, deployment, and maintenance of a scalable cloud-based solution that helps customers optimize workflows and maximize operational efficiency. This role blends leadership with hands-on technical excellence.