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Senior Software Engineer, Planning Infrastructure

Kodiak · Mountain View, CA

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
80 days
Kodiak's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Kodiak's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Kodiak
high
72 stale, 2 reposted of 72 open
Hiring momentum
92 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Kodiak's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Kodiak.

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Planning team at Kodiak AI, you will focus on building infrastructure and tools that enhance the development, debugging, and evaluation of autonomy software. Your role involves optimizing workflows, improving testing and metrics, and collaborating closely with other engineers to increase their effectiveness. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys creating systems that have a broad technical impact and supports the overall velocity and quality of engineering efforts.

Our read on this posting2.2out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 5+ years experience with C++ performance optimization and large-scale software systems, ideally with autonomy or robotics systems
  • Experience building tools, libraries, frameworks, infrastructure, or developer workflows
  • Ability to write clean, maintainable, high-performance code
  • Experience with metrics, logs, testing, debugging tools, simulation, or data-driven evaluation
  • Strong systems thinking and ability to understand complex engineering workflows
  • Interest in autonomy, robotics, or planning systems

Nice to have

  • Experience building safety-case tooling or test coverage infrastructure
  • Experience with large-scale autonomy metrics and evaluation systems

What you get

  • Total compensation includes base pay, equity, bonus, and a competitive benefits package

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work options
  • Pay range provided only for SF/Silicon Valley location
  • Role may require compliance with sensitive requirements regarding U.S. person status or citizenship
  • Use of AI tools for initial application screening may affect candidate experience

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Listed by Kodiak on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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