Software Engineer Kafka
Summary
Applied Intuition is hiring a Software Engineer (Kafka) in Sunnyvale to design and build large-scale data platforms for AI research and autonomy development — creating data-curation, tagging, and distributed processing systems that turn raw sensor data into training-ready formats using Spark, Kafka, Trino, Kubernetes, Python, Go, and Java.
You will design and build data platforms for AI research and autonomy development, including systems that handle multimodal sensor data. You will develop data-curation, tagging, and processing systems, transform raw sensor data into training-ready formats, and use distributed data technologies across the platform.
Responsibilities
- Design and build large-scale data platforms for AI research and autonomy development
- Develop data-curation and tagging platforms
- Build distributed data-processing systems for training-ready sensor data
- Use Spark, Hudi, Trino, Kafka, Flyte, Kubernetes, Python, Golang, and Java
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
- 2+ years of professional experience
- Backend engineering experience
- Problem-solving skills
- Experience working with cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments
Benefits
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401k retirement benefits with employer match
- Learning stipend
- Wellness stipend
- Paid time off