Senior C++ Software Engineer - Defense Air

📋 Description

• Design and implement high-performance backend systems in C++ for Axion and Acuity, Applied's core
• Tackle hard autonomy challenges across multi-domain environments, from unmanned ground and aerial
• Build scalable, reliable infrastructure that enables autonomous systems to operate in contested and
• Partner closely with autonomy researchers, product teams, and defense customers to translate
• Own end-to-end execution of high-stakes engineering workstreams; architecture through deployment
• Interface with DOD programs and defense customers to ensure solutions meet real-world operational

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years professional software engineering experience, with strong C++ at the core
• Deep backend engineering fundamentals: systems programming, concurrency, performance optimization
• Python proficiency for tooling, scripting, and integration work
• Strong CS/CE/EE foundation; you think rigorously about correctness and performance
• Thrives in ambiguity and comfortable driving clarity and progress in fast-moving, high-stakes
• Excellent communication skills; you can explain hard technical tradeoffs to both engineers and

🎁 Benefits

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• 401k retirement benefits with employer match
• Learning and wellness stipends
• Paid time off