Staff Software Engineer - Simulation Tooling

About the role:

Responsibilities

• Technical Vision: Contribute to the architectural roadmap for our Simulation Scenario Definition platform and/or its programmatic Python SDK.
• Scalable Tooling: Lead the design and implementation of our next-generation graphical editing tools used by hundreds of engineers to precisely define complex traffic, environment, and sensor scenarios.
• Performance & Infrastructure: Drive the evolution of our Python infrastructure, focusing on core algorithms for scenario serialization, validation, and integration with our large-scale cloud compute cluster.
• Mentorship: Act as a hands-on mentor, setting the engineering excellence standard for API design, code quality, and testing practices across the team.
• Requires Qualifications
• 7+ years of professional experience in software development, with a significant portion focused on large-scale platforms, tooling, or SDK development.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects from concept to production.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python, including deep knowledge of best practices, performance optimization, and building robust APIs/SDKs for external consumers.
• Solid foundation in 3D graphics, computational geometry, and/or real-time simulation concepts.
• A track record of mentoring and coaching mid-level and senior engineers, raising the technical bar, and driving code quality standards within a team.