Senior/Staff Software Engineer, C++

<h3><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Who we are</span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations. </span></p> <h3><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">About the role</span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">We are seeking passionate Senior/Staff Software Engineers, who have strong fundamentals in software development practices and are experts in C++ language in production-oriented environment. The ideal candidate is a highly experienced C++ developer with a passion for enabling the world's first safe, reliable & efficient network of autonomous vehicles.  You will partner with the research and software engineers to design, develop, test and validate AV features for our autonomous fleet.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">This role will be onsite at our Santa Clara, CA office.</span></p> <h3 class="section page-centered"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">What you'll do</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Design, implement, integrate, and support real-time mission-critical software for the Gatik’s autonomy stack</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Work with the research engineers to develop maintainable, testable and robust software designs</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Architect and implement solutions to complex issues between components partitioned across the large software stack</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Be at the forefront of guiding & ensuring best SDLC practices while contributing to improving the safety in the core autonomy stack</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Collaborate with the Infrastructure and DevOps teams for efficient, secure and scalable software delivery to a network of Gatik’s autonomous fleet  </span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Guide and mentor autonomy researchers and algorithm developers to make sure their components are running efficiently and with optimal compute and memory usage</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Review and refine technical requirements and translate them into high-level design & plans to support the development of safe AV technology</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Conduct code and design reviews and advise on technical matters</span></li> </ul> <h3 class="section page-centered"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">What we're looking for</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Robotics or in a related degree</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Master's or PhD degree preferred</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">7+ years relevant industry work experience in a production environment</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Expert software developer in C++ and build systems (Conan, Cmake, Bazel)</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Experience using software project management software (Jira, Confluence, etc.)</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Proven system integration and software architecture skills</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Strong background in linear/non-linear optimization, linear algebra or statistics</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Experience with building frameworks/software infrastructure for large scale projects</span></li> </ul> <h3 class="section page-centered"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Bonus Qualifications</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Working knowledge of the Planning and Prediction modules of the AV stack  </li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Working knowledge of software tools like ROS2, PyTorch</li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">