Scout AI - Senior Software Engineer, Core Systems

Sunnyvale, California , United States$200k - $380k+ Equity2d ago

In Office Senior NA Senior Software Engineer C++Python

Requirements

• Cloud and infrastructure experience (GPU job scheduling, service deployment) • Simulation or evals background • Calibration or 3D reconstruction experience • Edge or embedded hardware familiarity

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain onboard C++ software and core system libraries • Build scalable, low-latency C++ and Python infrastructure for ML workloads • Design cloud systems for data storage and GPU job scheduling • Build simulation and evaluation pipelines, including synthetic agents, rendering tools, and scenario suites • Create evaluation criteria and internal tooling to analyze and compare software release builds • Refactor existing codebases to eliminate anti-patterns and improve system architecture • Construct data pipelines for sensor calibration and 3D reconstruction workflows • Implement automated test and validation frameworks across subsystem engineering teams • Qualification • Proficient in C++ or Python (either is fine) for core systems, simulation, evaluation, and tooling work • Demonstrated experience navigating, auditing, and refactoring large codebases • Track record of building shared software frameworks or underlying libraries • Ability to write, debug, and explain complex code independently without relying on AI tools • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities • Passion about defense of the United States and its allies • May be expected to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Benefits

• $200K – $380K • Offers Equity • The future of defense will be decided by those who field intelligent machines at scale. At Scout AI, we’re developing Fury, the first robotic foundation model for defense, to give U.S. forces overwhelming, adaptable, and autonomous power across every domain. Fury enables human operators to command fleets of robots through natural language, and empowers those machines to sense, decide, and act together as one. This mission will ask everything of us: urgency, precision, and relentless work. • Work on the world’s most important frontier, ensuring U.S. and allied dominance in the age of intelligent machines • Be a core part of a team building the first defense-specific robotic foundation model • Collaborate with some of the top engineers in autonomy, AI, and national security • See your work deployed on real systems • Help define the future of intelligent defense systems • Backed by Draper Associates, Booz Allen Ventures, and other top investors • Meaningful equity • Premium medical, dental, and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution • Competitive PTO and company holiday calendar • Catered lunch daily and fully stocked kitchen • Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility)