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 7 November 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join a customer-facing product engineering team building cloud and edge software for autonomous systems used in operational and tactical missions. You will help connect sensors, vehicles, and intelligent decision-making systems so teams can coordinate robotic platforms in complex, high-stakes environments.

What You'll Do

  • Design, implement, and optimize mission-critical software for autonomous systems.
  • Build backend services and real-time messaging that connect external services, sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms.
  • Develop systems that process data from multiple sensor types for real-time state estimation and threat detection.
  • Integrate LLMs and AI-driven agents into workflows that assess threats and support rapid response decisions.
  • Engineer scalable, reliable, fail-safe software for demanding operational environments.
  • Work with robotics, hardware, sensing, AI, and systems engineering teams to prototype, integrate, and deliver solutions.

What We're Looking For

  • Four to ten years of backend or service-layer software engineering experience, with recent hands-on work as an individual contributor.
  • Experience building and owning backend services such as microservices, APIs, or middleware, and real-time data exchange between live external systems.
  • Professional proficiency in Rust, Python, C++, or Java, and a degree in computer science or a related technical field.
  • Experience in autonomy, robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles, or factory automation, with engineering work beyond algorithms, simulation, or ML research alone.
  • Experience shipping software in a fast-paced, prototype-to-field environment; familiarity with LLM systems, AI agents, or tool chains is beneficial.
  • US work authorization without sponsorship and eligibility to obtain a security clearance.

Compensation & Benefits

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

Location

Hybrid role based 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 122 open in Client Roles. 122 were posted in the last 30 days, including 5 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (67 of 122), LLM (48 of 122), TypeScript (39 of 122), React (36 of 122), Machine Learning (32 of 122), AWS (31 of 122), JavaScript (21 of 122)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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Posting history

Reposted 2 times 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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