Applied Intuition is hiring a Software Engineer (Kafka) in Sunnyvale to design and build large-scale data platforms for AI research and autonomy development — creating data-curation, tagging, and distributed processing systems that turn raw sensor data into training-ready formats using Spark, Kafka, Trino, Kubernetes, Python, Go, and Java.
You will design and build data platforms for AI research and autonomy development, including systems that handle multimodal sensor data. You will develop data-curation, tagging, and processing systems, transform raw sensor data into training-ready formats, and use distributed data technologies across the platform.
Responsibilities
Design and build large-scale data platforms for AI research and autonomy development
Develop data-curation and tagging platforms
Build distributed data-processing systems for training-ready sensor data
Use Spark, Hudi, Trino, Kafka, Flyte, Kubernetes, Python, Golang, and Java
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
2+ years of professional experience
Backend engineering experience
Problem-solving skills
Experience working with cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments