Staff Software Engineer, Planning Infrastructure

About the role

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.

We are looking for a Senior or Staff Software Engineer to build infrastructure, tools, and systems that help our Planning team develop, debug, evaluate, and deploy autonomy software faster and more safely.

In this role, you will build the internal tools, libraries, workflows, metrics, and evaluation systems that support behavior and motion planning development. You will work closely with Planning engineer