True Talent Solutions Partners

Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems

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

Open. First seen 8 November 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join a customer-facing product engineering team building cloud and edge software for command and control of autonomous systems. You will help deliver reliable tools that connect sensors, robotic platforms, and AI-driven decision-making for demanding operational environments.

What You'll Do

  • Design, implement, and optimize backend and service-layer software for mission-critical autonomous systems.
  • Build real-time data and messaging integrations across external services, sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms.
  • Develop systems that process heterogeneous sensor data for real-time state estimation and threat detection.
  • Build AI- and LLM-enabled capabilities to assess situations and support rapid operational decisions.
  • Engineer scalable, reliable, and fail-safe software for high-stakes environments.
  • Collaborate with robotics, hardware, sensing, 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 integrations between live external services.
  • Proficiency in 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 fast prototype-to-field environment.
  • Practical software engineering experience beyond algorithms, simulation, or machine learning research; experience integrating LLMs, AI agents, or tool chains is beneficial.
  • U.S. 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 in Palo Alto, California.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

C++ · Java · Microservices · Rust

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Standard for software engineering roles

Python

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The team: Client Roles

This role is one of 130 open in Client Roles. 130 were posted in the last 30 days, including 5 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (68 of 130), LLM (45 of 130), TypeScript (39 of 130), React (37 of 130), Machine Learning (35 of 130), AWS (31 of 130), GCP (22 of 130)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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Posting history

Reposted 3 times since 1 November 2026: a posting for this role in Palo Alto was taken down and the role was posted again.

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