Software Engineer - Kafka

Applied Intuition

Sunnyvale, United States
Base: $153,000 - $222,000 usd annually; equity: op...
On-site
Large-scale data platforms
Petabytes of multimodal sensor data
High-performance data processing systems
Applied Intuition is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in Kafka to join their data engine team in Sunnyvale, California. The role involves building large-scale data platforms to support AI research and autonomy development, requiring strong backend engineering skills and familiarity with modern data stack technologies

Job Summary

  • Design and build large-scale data platforms to support our AI research and autonomy stack development, handling petabytes of multimodal sensor data from real-world driving scenarios.
  • Work on data curation and tagging platforms that enable efficient dataset discovery, labeling workflows, and quality assessment across diverse driving conditions.
  • Build high-performance data processing systems using modern distributed computing frameworks to transform raw sensor data into training-ready formats.

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Applied Intuition is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in Kafka to join their data engine team in Sunnyvale, California. The role involves building large-scale data platforms to support AI research and autonomy development, requiring strong backend engineering skills and familiarity with modern data stack technologies.

Salary

Base: $153,000 - $222,000 USD annually; Equity: options and/or restricted stock units; Benefits: comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401k retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • large-scale data platforms
  • petabytes of multimodal sensor data
  • high-performance data processing systems
  • distributed computing frameworks
  • Apache Kafka
  • Python
  • Golang
  • Java

Nice-to-have

  • modern data stack technologies
  • data lake architectures
  • streaming systems
  • workflow orchestration platforms

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
  • 2+ years of professional experience
  • Strong backend engineering experience
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams

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