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Staff Software Engineer, Mission Planning

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 Staff Software Engineer at Kodiak AI, you will lead the design and development of mission planning and routing for driverless trucks, influencing the roadmap for the motion planning stack. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance autonomy performance, mentoring engineers, and solving complex real-world challenges related to autonomous systems. This role requires a strong background in robotics software and motion planning, with a focus on delivering high-quality autonomous solutions.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Kodiak as an employer.

What you need

  • 6+ years of experience developing production-level robotics software
  • Strong facility with modern C++
  • Expertise in motion planning, graph theory, distributed computing, and related domains
  • Delivery of complex autonomous systems
  • Leadership to solve ambiguous, real-world challenges

Nice to have

  • Managed or mentored robotics engineers
  • Deployed software on autonomous vehicles
  • Built a safety case for driverless autonomy
  • Improved system performance (latency, throughput, reliability) in production environments
  • Built on simulation frameworks

What you get

  • Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife
  • Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
  • Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
  • Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
  • Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the tech stack beyond modern C++ and robotics software
  • The role involves significant leadership and mentoring responsibilities, which may not suit all candidates
  • The position may require additional scrutiny related to U.S. person status or citizenship for certain responsibilities

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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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