Senior Software Engineer Full-Stack

Kodiak•Lancaster, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector. The company delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous technology. In 2024, Kodiak became the first known company to publicly announce delivering a driverless semi-truck to a customer. Kodiak is also leveraging its commercial self-driving software to develop, test and deploy autonomous capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense. We are looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with a background in creating reliable and scalable web applications and web services. This person must understands the fundamentals of modern web technologies and cloud technologies. The person in this role will be designing, implementing, testing, and deploying services and/or features for web based applications and APIs. The role will work collaboratively across multiple teams to gather requirements, validate designs and implementations, and test the resulting deliverables. This role will require to be in office at least 3 days per week.

Requirements

Strong technical background as evidenced by BS, MS, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline
5+ years of experience building backend services and/or intuitive web applications with significant scale and performance
Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
Recent experience with JavaScript, TypeScript and React
Experience with using internal and external facing APIs
Experience with app profiling and performance tuning.
Experience with service performance measurement, observability, and tuning.
Familiarity with web sockets and Typed Arrays
Great communicator; you must be capable of writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation.
Passion; you must be passionate about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity.

Nice To Haves

Bonus for experience with Three.js, Web Workers, protobuf
Bonus for experience in designing UIs using collaborative tools
Bonus for experience with C++, creating tooling for robotics / timeseries data
Bonus for experience with AWS PaaS technologies and services

Responsibilities

Optimize and enhance existing applications and APIs to incorporate new features and user feedback.
Design new features and user experiences, including UI elements and layout through mockups (e.g., Figma) and implement such features in React + TypeScript.
Research and design new APIs for new use cases and implement such APIs and backend logic using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++.
Utilize a variety of AWS technologies such as API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon AppSync, DynamoDB, and Terraform.
Interact with a variety of data sources including documents, databases, raw and/or processed sensor data, and other APIs.
Collaborate with Software Engineering, Software Quality, and Operations to understand end user requirements.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package including equity and biannual bonuses
Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Anthem, and Guardian (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
Flexible PTO and generous parental leave policies
Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health
Fidelity 401(k)
Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)