Kodiak Robotics is an autonomous trucking company developing self-driving heavy vehicles and commercial logistics operations.
<div class="content-intro"><p>Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector. The company delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous technology. In 2024, Kodiak became the first known company to publicly announce delivering a driverless semi-truck to a customer. Kodiak is also leveraging its commercial self-driving software to develop, test and deploy autonomous capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense.</p></div><div class="p-rich_text_section"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We are looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with a background in creating reliable and scalable web applications and web services. This person must understands the fundamentals of modern web technologies and cloud technologies. The person in this role will be designing, implementing, testing, and deploying services and/or features for web based applications and APIs. The role will work collaboratively across multiple teams to gather requirements, validate designs and implementations, and test the resulting deliverables.</span></div> <div class="p-rich_text_section"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This role will require to be in office at least 3 days per week.</span></div> <div class="p-rich_text_section"> </div> <div class="p-rich_text_section"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>In this role, you will:</strong></span></div> <ul class="p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet p-rich_text_list--nested" data-stringify-type="unordered-list" data-list-tree="true" data-indent="0" data-border="0"> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Optimize and enhance existing applications and APIs to incorporate new features and user feedback.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Design new features and user experiences, including UI elements and layout through mockups (e.g., Figma) and implement such features in React + TypeScript.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Research and design new APIs for new use cases and implement such APIs and backend logic using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Utilize a variety of AWS technologies such as API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon AppSync, DynamoDB, and Terraform.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Interact with a variety of data sources including documents, databases, raw and/or processed sensor data, and other APIs.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with Software Engineering, Software Quality, and Operations to understand end user requirements.</span></li> </ul> <div class="p-rich_text_section"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you'll bring:</strong></span></div> <ul class="p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet p-rich_text_list--nested" data-stringify-type="unordered-list" data-list-tree="true" data-indent="0" data-border="0"> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong technical background as evidenced by BS, MS, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">6+ years of experience building backend services and/or intuitive web applications with significant scale and performance</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and related web technologies</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Recent experience with JavaScript, TypeScript and React</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with using internal and external facing APIs</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with app profiling and performance t