Drimva

Applied Intuition

Senior Software Engineer - Data Engine

$200K–$275K

Sunnyvale · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026

Experience
5+ years of relevant work experience.
Education
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or relevant field
Visa sponsorship
U.S. citizenship is legally required; must be eligible to obtain a security clearance.

About the job

Build and optimize edge and cloud data systems that process video, run perception models, and support continual model improvement.

What you'll do

  • Construct optimized pipelines and evolve the data engine to scale labels, reduce annotation costs, and accelerate ML iteration.
  • Integrate foundation models to automate labeling, quality assurance, and data discovery; use software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
  • Work with DoD customers to understand use cases and requirements and triage needs during field events.

What they ask for

  • 5+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or relevant field.
  • Familiarity with modern ML infrastructure, data-centric AI approaches, and large-scale GPU jobs.
  • Experience creating or working on microservices and/or databases for data-oriented software; U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a security clearance.

Nice to have

  • Full-stack experience with React, TypeScript, Python, Golang, or similar; Docker, Kubernetes, Opensearch, or Postgres.
  • Foundation-model experience for data automation, autonomous driving or robotics perception, or active learning, auto-labeling, or human-in-the-loop ML systems.

Pay

$200K – $275K USD base salary; equity offered, amount not stated

Tools

React, TypeScript, Python, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, Opensearch, Postgres

AI focus

Run and optimize perception models at the edge and in the cloud; use LLMs, VLMs, and multimodal foundation models for labeling, quality assurance, and data discovery.

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First seen Oct 10, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)