True Talent Solutions Partners

Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems (C2/Backend/Service)

Palo Alto
Salary
$145,000 - $275,000 annually
Level
Senior
Work type
On-site · Palo Alto
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 6 November 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join a customer-facing product engineering team building command-and-control and autonomy software for robotic and autonomous systems. You will develop cloud and edge services that help people coordinate sensors, platforms, and AI-driven decision support in demanding operational environments.

What You'll Do

  • Design, implement, and optimize backend software for mission-critical autonomous systems.
  • Build services and messaging that connect live external systems, sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms.
  • Develop real-time data processing for sensor inputs, state estimation, and threat detection.
  • Integrate LLMs and AI-driven agents into systems that assess situations and support timely responses.
  • Engineer scalable, reliable, and fail-safe software for high-stakes environments.
  • Work with robotics, hardware, sensing, AI, and systems engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.

What We're Looking For

  • Four to ten years of backend or service-layer software engineering experience, with recent hands-on individual contributor work.
  • Experience owning core backend services such as APIs, microservices, or middleware, and building real-time data or messaging integrations.
  • Proficiency in one or more of Rust, Python, C++, or Java, and a degree in computer science or a related technical field.
  • Experience in autonomy, such as robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles, or factory automation, and shipping software in a rapid prototype-to-field environment.
  • Practical engineering experience beyond algorithms, simulation, or machine learning research; familiarity with LLM systems, AI agents, or tool chains is beneficial.
  • US work authorization without sponsorship and eligibility to obtain a security clearance.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $145,000 to $275,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Hybrid, based in Palo Alto, California.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

C++ · Microservices · Rust

Rare in True Talent Solutions Partners's other 124 open postings.

Standard for backend roles

Java · Python

Common in backend postings at any company.

Compared with True Talent Solutions Partners's other open jobs.

The team: Client Roles

This role is one of 127 open in Client Roles. 127 were posted in the last 30 days, including 6 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (74 of 127), TypeScript (49 of 127), LLM (46 of 127), React (42 of 127), Machine Learning (38 of 127), AWS (32 of 127), JavaScript (27 of 127)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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Other openings for this role

2 postings for this role in Palo Alto since 5 November 2026, 1 still open. None has been taken down and posted again.

  • 6 November 2026 – open (this posting)
  • 5 November 2026 – closed 6 November 2026

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