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Software Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA)

Applied Intuition

Sunnyvale, CAJob$153–222K/yrPosted 2 days agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$153–222K/yr
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Applied Intuition is seeking a Software Engineer to contribute across the technology stack to products, features, and tools that support customers’ autonomy development workflows. The role works with large-scale data processing systems and collaborates with experts across infrastructure, robotics, and graphics. The company expects full-time employees to work primarily from an office five days a week, with occasional remote work possible.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

AgricultureEngineering ProductivityInfrastructureOperating SystemsArtificial IntelligenceGolangC++SQLMySQLRedisApache KafkaRocketMQgRPCThriftKitexProtobufGCPOCIUnit TestingIntegration TestingStress TestingGrafana

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Related18 Months Software Engineering Experience1 Year Experience With Listed Technologies

Full job description

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 in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co. We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 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. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions About the role

  • Contribute across the full technology stack to design and implement new products, features, and tools that enhance customers' autonomy development workflows.

  • Work with large-scale data processing systems to support data-driven development and analysis.

  • Collaborate with experts in infrastructure, robotics, and graphics, as well as experienced startup professionals, while also engaging with the broader autonomy ecosystem to understand diverse approaches to solving fundamental challenges.

  • Carve out a specialized area of expertise, influence key product decisions, and grow through cross disciplinary collaboration.

We're looking for someone who has:

  • Must have at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field

  • 18 months of experience in a software engineering role for a technology company

  • At least 1 year of experience with the following:

  • Programming Languages: Golang, C++, SQL

  • Databases: MySQL, Redis

  • Messaging & Event Systems: Apache Kafka, RocketMQ

  • Frameworks & Tools: gRPC, Thrift, Kitex, Protobuf

  • Cloud / Infrastructure: GCP, OCI

  • CI/CD: Unit testing, Integration testing, Stress testing, Grafana

  • #LI-DNP

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will 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 that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws. FOR US-BASED ROLES: Applied Intuition is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive application and interview experience to applicants who are disabled veterans and other applicants with disabilities or medical conditions. Reasonable accommodations are available, requesting an accommodation will not affect your candidacy in any way, and you are not required to disclose the nature of your disability or medical condition in order to make a request. If you require an accommodation please contact [email protected]. We will work with you!

How this job compares

Set against the 41,225 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$153–222K/yr
  • California median$165–245K/yr7,655 salary ranges
  • US median$134–215K/yr32,917 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $187K, is 9% below the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,529 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 41,225 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 33,478 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 14,294 of the 41,225 open Software Engineer jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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