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Senior Staff Software Engineer, C

Gatik
Mountain View, California
Full Time
Posted October 8, 2025
$180k - $260k
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Job Description

A Senior Staff Software Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and supporting real-time, mission-critical software for autonomous vehicle systems, with a focus on C programming, system integration, and ensuring safety and reliability in an autonomous fleet environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and support real-time mission-critical software for the autonomy stack
  • Collaborate with research engineers to develop maintainable, testable, and robust software
  • Architect and implement solutions to complex issues across the software stack
  • Guide and mentor researchers and developers to optimize component performance and resource usage
  • Review and refine technical requirements and translate them into high-level design plans
  • Conduct code and design reviews and provide technical guidance

Requirements

  • Strong fundamentals in software development practices and expertise in C language in a production-oriented environment
  • Highly experienced C developer with a passion for enabling the world's first safe, reliable, and efficient network of autonomous vehicles
  • Partner with research and software engineers to design, develop, test, and validate autonomous vehicle features for the autonomous fleet
  • Design, implement, integrate, and support real-time mission-critical software for Gatik's autonomy stack
  • Work with research engineers to develop maintainable, testable, and robust software designs
  • Architect and implement solutions to complex issues between components partitioned across the large software stack
  • Guide and mentor autonomy researchers and algorithm developers to ensure their components run efficiently with optimal compute and memory usage
  • Review and refine technical requirements and translate them into high-level design plans to support safe autonomous vehicle technology
  • Conduct code and design reviews and advise on technical matters
  • Possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related degree
  • Possess a Master’s or PhD degree in a related field (preferred)
  • Have at least 7 years of relevant industry work experience in a production environment
  • Expertise in software development using C and build systems such as Conan, CMake, and Bazel
  • Experience using software project management tools such as Jira and Confluence
  • Proven system integration and software architecture skills
  • Strong background in linear and non-linear optimization, linear algebra, or statistics

Benefits & Perks

Salary range: $180,000 - $260,000
Onsite work at Mountain View office
Work environment emphasizing collaboration, respect, and agility
Diverse and inclusive company culture

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