Software Engineer - Backend

About this role

Applied Intuition seeks a Backend Software Engineer to design and maintain scalable, low-latency services powering a remote assistance platform for autonomous vehicles. You'll build cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, and APIs handling real-time communication between vehicles and operators across multiple AWS regions.

What you'll do

• Design and deploy scalable backend services for remote assist session management and real-time data streaming
• Architect cloud infrastructure using protobuf, gRPC, and multi-region AWS deployment
• Build data persistence layers with NoSQL databases like Redis
• Develop data pipelines to ingest, process, and store real-time vehicle data
• Collaborate with onboard software and front-end teams on end-to-end data flow
• Optimize latency and bandwidth while ensuring platform security, reliability, and failover resilience

What they're looking for

• Backend programming (Go, Python)
• Distributed systems and microservices architecture
• AWS cloud infrastructure
• Docker and Kubernetes containerization
• NoSQL databases (Redis)
• gRPC and protobuf
• Real-time data streaming systems
• API design and development

Benefits

• Base salary $153,000–$222,000 USD annually
• Equity (options/RSUs)
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement with employer match
• Learning and wellness stipends
• Paid time off