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# Staff Software Engineer

- **Company:** Kodiak Robotics
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Graph Theory, Machine Learning, Motion Planning, Software Deployment, Low Latency, Data Analytics, C++14
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/4d633e81-6b89-48dd-ab8e-13bb8d3c6ecd

## About the Role

* 6+ years of experience developing production-level robotics software
 * Strong facility with modern C++
 * Expertise in motion planning, trajectory optimization, graph theory, and related domains
 * Delivery of complex autonomous systems
 * Leadership through ambiguous, unsolved challenges

Bonus points if you have:

 * Experience deploying software on driverless autonomous vehicles
 * Experience improving system performance (latency, throughput, reliability) in production environments
 * Familiarity with simulation frameworks and data-driven development workflows
 * A track record of mentoring engineers

## Description

* Design and develop mission planning and prediction systems for driverless operation on public roads
 * Develop the architecture and long-term roadmap for planning and prediction
 * Mentor and provide technical leadership to junior and senior engineers, raising the bar for engineering excellence across the engineering organization
 * Integrate engineered driving logic and machine-learning models
 * Develop robust models to predict the behavior of other actors, improving both safety and driving performance
 * Partner cross-functionally with Perception, Controls, Systems, and Simulation teams to define interfaces, requirements, and system behavior
 * Solve difficult real-world problems involving lane changing, merging, speed modulation, mission updates, multi-trajectory prediction, and more!


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