Software Engineer - Kafka

ABOUT APPLIED INTUITION Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co. 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. ABOUT THE ROLE As a Software Engineer - Telematics at Applied Intuition, you will be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge telematics platforms that enable seamless communication between devices, cloud services, and enterprise systems. You will work on sophisticated backend systems that combine telecommunications and informatics to process, analyze, and manage multi-modal real-time telemetry data. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the rapidly growing cloud telematics market, building scalable data processing solutions that handle millions of connected devices and support enterprise-grade analytics platforms. AT APPLIED INTUITION, YOU WILL: * Design and develop scalable robust telematics backend systems that process high-volume, real-time telemetry data streams from millions of connected devices using modern microservices architecture * Architect and implement robust data processing pipelines using technologies like Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, and stream processing frameworks to handle telematics data ingestion, transformation, and analytics * Develop cloud-based data storage and analytics solutions leveraging distributed databases, data warehouses, and time-series databases to support real-time monitoring and historical analysis * Implement device-to-device (D2D) communication systems that enable direct data exchange between connected devices, reducing latency and improving network efficiency through peer-to-peer connectivity * Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data scientists, DevOps engineers, product managers, and frontend developers to deliver comprehensive telematics solutions * Work on advanced analytics and machine learning integration to derive actionable insights from telematics data for predictive maintenance, risk assessment, and behavioral analysis WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS: * 4+ years of experience in backend software development with strong proficiency in languages like Go, C++, Python, and experience with cloud-native application development * Experience with cloud platforms and services such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, including containerization with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes * Knowledge of data processing and streaming technologies including Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, MQTT, NATS, WebRTC, gRPC, and experience building high-throughput data pipelines * Experience with database technologies including both SQL and NoSQL databases, data warehousing solutions, and time-series databases for handling large-scale telemetry data * Understanding of API design and development with experience in RESTful services, microservices architecture, and API security best practices * Knowledge of DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and automated testing frameworks * Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in fast-paced cloud development environments with mission-critical, high-availability systems NICE TO HAVE: * Experience with real-time data processing and stream analytics platforms for handling continuous telematics data feeds * Knowledge of cloud security best practices including authentication, authorization, data encryption, and compliance with industry standards * Familiarity with IoT data protocols and experience integrating with various telematics data sources and third-party aggregators * Experience with monitoring and observability tools for tracking system performance, analyzing API usage patterns, and diagnosing issues in production environments * Knowledge of data visualization and business intelligence tools for creating dashboards and reports from processed telematics data * Experience with event-driven architecture and serverless computing for building scalable, cost-effective telematics solutions * Background in agile development methodologies and experience working in collaborative, cross-functional team environments * Understanding of automotive or transportation industry standards and experience with fleet management or logistics applications 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, and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment. Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, interview performance, and the level and scope of the position. Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.

ABOUT APPLIED INTUITION Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co. 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. ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for infrastructure engineers with expertise in scaling open-source data infrastructure to join the Data & ML infra group. This role will work across the entire data lifecycle (collection, ingestion, storage, querying, retrieval) and work directly with all business units across the company to design and develop both external and internal products. Handling massive volumes of data for Applied Intuition's platform needs is a critical area and we are looking for someone who can be hands-on in supporting our data products and verticals across the company. At Applied Intuition, we encourage all engineers to take ownership over technical and product decisions, closely interact with external and internal users to collect feedback, and contribute to a thoughtful, dynamic team culture. AT APPLIED INTUITION, YOU WILL: * Scale infrastructure to support all deployment types (cloud, hybrid, on-prem) and across regions * Be involved in the end to end data lifecycle, from the external-facing product to the underlying platform and infrastructure for it * Build features to tune processing pipeline for fast data ingestion and indexing depending on customer's needs and workloads * Enable product workflows that expose performant query interfaces and offer easy-to-use integration hooks * Develop and deploy high-quality software using modern tooling and frameworks, especially open-source technologies WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS: * A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent * 3+ years of professional experience * Experience with large-scale open source data technologies (Spark, Kafka, Hudi, Flyte, etc.) * Experience with containerization and other modern software development workflows * Knowledge of the open source landscape with judgment on when to choose open source versus build in-house NICE TO HAVE: * Expertise with modern programming languages (Python, C++, GoLang, Scala, etc.) * Experience with other open-source data technologies not listed above * Expertise with Kubernetes * Experience with enterprise software, including on-prem and/or cloud environments * Deep knowledge of data quality, data profiling and cleansing techniques 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, and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment. Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, interview performance, and the level and scope of the position. Please reference the job posting’s subtitle for where this position will be located. For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full-time position in the location listed is: $153,000 - $222,000 USD annually. Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.