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 4 November 2026.

About the role

About the Role

Join a customer-facing product engineering team building command-and-control and autonomy software for robotic and unmanned systems. You will help deliver cloud and edge capabilities that connect sensors, platforms, and intelligent decision-making in operational environments.

What You'll Do

  • Design, build, and optimize mission-critical software for autonomous systems.
  • Develop real-time services that process data from diverse sensors for state estimation and threat detection.
  • Build integrations with sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms.
  • Develop AI- and LLM-enabled systems that support threat assessment and operational decisions.
  • Engineer reliable, scalable, and fail-safe systems for high-stakes environments.
  • Collaborate with robotics, hardware, sensing, and systems engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.

What We're Looking For

  • Four to ten years of hands-on backend or service-layer software engineering experience.
  • Experience owning backend services such as APIs, microservices, or middleware, and building real-time messaging between external systems.
  • Proficiency in Rust, Python, C++, or Java, with a technical degree in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, or a related field.
  • Professional experience in autonomy, robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles, or factory automation, along with experience shipping software from prototype to field use.
  • Practical software engineering experience beyond algorithm development, simulation, or ML research; exposure to LLM systems, AI agents, or toolchains is useful.
  • Authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship and eligible for security clearance.

Compensation & Benefits

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

Location

Hybrid in Palo Alto, California.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

C++ · Java · Microservices · Rust

Rare in True Talent Solutions Partners's other 124 open postings.

Standard for software engineering roles

Python

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

The team: Client Roles

This role is one of 126 open in Client Roles. 126 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 (62 of 126), LLM (47 of 126), TypeScript (43 of 126), React (38 of 126), Machine Learning (32 of 126), AWS (27 of 126), JavaScript (27 of 126)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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Posting history

Reposted once since 1 November 2026: a posting for this role in Palo Alto was taken down and the role was posted again.

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