Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Remote Assistance

Who we are Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation. The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations. About the role Develops modern C++ backend systems for vehicle telemetry, state management, and real-time communication. Designs low-latency, high-reliability protocols and safety-critical workflows. Collaborates across autonomy and platform teams, interfaces with vendors, and conducts on-vehicle testing to optimize performance and reliability. This role will be onsite at our Santa Clara, CA office. What you'll do Design and implement back-end software in modern C++ to support vehicle telemetry, communications, and system state management. Architect low-latency, high-reliability communication protocols for real-time data exchange across distributed systems. Develop intuitive and safety-critical user workflows to ensure clear and reliable vehicle state transitions. Collaborate cross-functionally with teams in behavior planning, platform engineering, integration, safety, and operations to align technical solutions with stakeholder needs. Perform metric analysis and performance optimization in a dynamic, highly concurrent software stack. Interface with global vendors, ensuring alignment of technical goals, deliverables, and integration timelines. Participate in on-vehicle testing, conducting functional analysis of new features and collecting data on latency, throughput, and stream quality. What we're looking for Master's degree in robotics, computer engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of experience, or Bachelor's degree with 7+ years in autonomous systems or embedded software. Strong proficiency in modern C++, with deep expertise in high-concurrency systems for real-time or safety-critical applications. Solid understanding of communication protocols, including TCP/IP, UDP, and custom transport layers. Strong grasp of operating system fundamentals, including process priority, scheduling, inter-process communication (IPC), and performance optimization on distributed platforms. Experience with robotics middleware, particularly ROS 2. Exceptional analytical and debugging skills, with a proven ability to work across disciplines and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams. Bonus: Experience with cellular networks, modem optimization, and telecom systems is a strong plus. Salary Range - $180,000- $260,000 More about Gatik Founded in 2017 by experts in autonomous vehicle technology, Gatik has rapidly expanded its presence to Mountain View, Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas, and Toronto. As the first and only company to achieve fully driverless middle-mile commercial deliveries, Gatik holds a unique and defensible position in the AV industry, with a clear trajectory toward sustainable growth and profitability. We have delivered complete, proprietary AV technology - an integration of software and hardware - to enable earlier successes for our clients in constrained Level 4 autonomy. By choosing the middle mile – with defined point-to-point delivery, we have s…