True Talent Solutions Partners

Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems

Palo Alto
Salary
$145,000 - $275,000 annually
Level
Senior
Work type
On-site · Palo Alto
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 2 November 2026.

Apply on the company's site →

About the role

About the Role

Join a customer-facing product engineering team building command-and-control and autonomy software for robotic systems. You will develop cloud and edge services that connect sensors, autonomous platforms, and AI-driven decision support for complex operational missions.

What You'll Do

  • Design, build, and optimize reliable software for mission-critical autonomous systems.
  • Develop real-time data processing for heterogeneous sensors, including state estimation and threat detection.
  • Build LLM- and AI-enabled systems that assess threats and support rapid operational decisions.
  • Integrate sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms, including individual and coordinated systems.
  • Engineer scalable, fault-tolerant services for high-stakes environments.
  • Work with robotics, hardware, sensing, and systems engineering specialists to deliver integrated solutions.

What We're Looking For

  • Four to ten years of backend or service-layer software engineering experience, with recent hands-on individual contributor work.
  • Experience owning backend services such as APIs, microservices, or middleware, and building real-time messaging between external systems.
  • Professional proficiency in Rust, Python, C++, or Java, and a degree in computer science or a related technical field.
  • Practical experience in autonomy, such as robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles, or factory automation. Experience should extend beyond algorithms, simulation, or ML research alone.
  • Experience shipping software in a rapid prototype-to-field environment; familiarity with LLM integrations, AI agents, or tool chains is helpful.
  • Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship and eligibility for security clearance.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $145,000 to $275,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Hybrid in Palo Alto, California.

What this role asks for

Standard for software engineering roles

Python

Common in software engineering postings at any company.

Compared with True Talent Solutions Partners's other open jobs.

The team: Client Roles

This role is one of 125 open in Client Roles. 125 were posted in the last 30 days, including 7 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (64 of 125), TypeScript (45 of 125), LLM (44 of 125), React (41 of 125), JavaScript (28 of 125), AWS (24 of 125), Machine Learning (24 of 125)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on True Talent Solutions Partners's own job board.

Other openings for this role

2 postings for this role in Palo Alto since 1 November 2026, 1 still open. None has been taken down and posted again.

  • 2 November 2026 – open (this posting)
  • 1 November 2026 – closed 2 November 2026

See Software Engineer salaries in the United States →

Similar jobs

More jobs like this

SKILLSPython 46,739LLM 18,622Java 14,134C++ 12,464
PLACESPalo Alto 1,003United States 73,414
COMPANYJobs at True Talent Solutions Partners 125

Is this your posting? Email info@careerholo.com to have it removed.