Senior C++ Engineer – Simulation Infrastructure

Avride • Austin, TX

90d

About The Position

As a Senior C++ Engineer, you’ll help design and build the foundational infrastructure behind our simulation system. You’ll write high-performance, reliable C++ code that powers critical simulation workflows and collaborate closely with infrastructure and autonomy teams to ensure correctness, reproducibility, and consistency with on-vehicle software. You'll work on challenges such as running multiple versions of autonomy modules within a single simulation to compare behavior across code revisions. You’ll also contribute to tools that analyze simulation behavior and performance, while helping keep the system efficient and cost-effective at scale.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building production-level software.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++.
• Experience in benchmarking, profiling, and optimizing complex systems.
• Familiarity with large-scale or distributed compute environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using Python for tooling and automation.
• Familiarity with Bazel - we use it extensively.
• Background in robotics, simulation, or embedded systems.
• Experience modeling real-world systems (e.g., physics, sensors, agents, environments).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement foundational simulation infrastructure in C++.
• Ensure simulation runs are correct, reproducible, and efficient.
• Collaborate with platform and autonomy teams to ensure integration and consistency with real-world deployments.
• Lead and contribute to design reviews and cross-team technical decisions.
• Build tools for analyzing performance and debugging system behavior.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees