Senior Software Engineer - Developer Productivity

About Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition delivers the toolchain, Vehicle OS, and autonomy stacks to help customers build intelligent vehicles and shorten time to market. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers and major programs across the Department of Defense trust Applied Intuition's solutions to deliver vehicle intelligence. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture industries and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Diego, CA, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, Ann Arbor, MI, London, Stuttgart, Munich, Stockholm, Seoul, and Tokyo. Learn more at appliedintuition.com.

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments. (Note: For EpiSci job openings, fully remote work will be considered by exception.)

About the role

Leading Developer Productivity, you will own the design and evolution of the systems that support our autonomy software lifecycle—from code commit to hardware-in-the-loop testing. Your work will directly affect the pace, safety, and reliability of autonomy development at Applied.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Build and maintain high-leverage tools and systems that empower engineering teams to develop and deploy autonomy software with greater speed, reliability, and security.
• Design scalable CI/CD workflows that integrate with our autonomy-specific validation stack, including simulation, sensor modeling, and multi-agent testing.
• Improve the internal developer experience through robust build systems, reproducible environments, and secure artifact management.
• Support hybrid cloud and on-prem infrastructure used for large-scale simulation, ML pipelines, and real-time testing.
• Partner with simulation, ML, autonomy, and security teams to deliver tailored infrastructure for their needs—while keeping systems simple, reliable, and maintainable.
• Contribute to infrastructure and security compliance for customers operating in defense, classified, or other highly regulated domains.

We're looking for someone who has:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cloud Computing, Cyber-security or a related engineering field
• 5+ years of experience designing and operating infrastructure for high-performance engineering teams.
• Deep expertise with CI/CD systems, build tooling, version control, and developer-facing services.
• Proficiency with Linux systems and common tools (e.g. Kubernetes, Git, Docker, Artifactory).
• Experience with secure systems development, especially in U.S. government or defense environments.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python or Bash preferred).
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
• CompTIA Security+ certification (or willingness to obtain within 6 months).

Travel Requirements:

• Must be willing to travel as required to support projects; estimated average travel is once every other month for between 2-5 days (~20%)

Security Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must be hold or be eligible for a U.S. Secret security clearance

For more information about U.S. security clearances: click here.

Nice to have:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cloud Computing, Cyber-security or a related engineering field
• 10+ years of hands-on experience performing DevOps roles in the defense industry
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) ,Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
• Proven expertise in setting up and managing on-premises instances of AWS Services, ML Ops tooling, and automated security monitoring solutions
• Current U.S. TOP SECRET clearance

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units, comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401k retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, a