Applied Intuition · 1 day ago
Senior Sensor Rendering Software Engineer
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$150K/yr - $250K/yr
4+ years expApplied Intuition is a vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. The role involves improving runtime performance and scalability of the rendering and neural simulation stack, optimizing multi-threaded C++ systems, and collaborating with various teams to ensure performance and correctness across real-time workloads.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesEnterprise SoftwareInfrastructureSoftware
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end efforts to improve runtime performance and scalability of the rendering and neural simulation stack across multiple products and sensor modalities
Design and optimize multi-threaded C++ systems for scene management, scheduling, streaming, and CPU-side orchestration
Develop and optimize GPU pipelines using CUDA and shaders, including data layout, memory movement, synchronization, and kernel performance
Contribute to the development and maintenance of both physically-based rendering (PBR) and neural rendering / neural reconstruction engines (e.g., 3D Gaussian-based representations)
Build internal tooling and automated benchmarking and profiling infrastructure, including CI-based performance regression tracking
Collaborate with rendering, simulation, and content teams to ensure correctness, performance, and scalability across real-time workloads
Maintain and evolve critical engine infrastructure to stay current with state-of-the-art graphics and neural rendering techniques
Qualification
Required
4+ years of industry experience in graphics, simulation, or performance-critical systems
Strong experience optimizing multi-threaded C++ applications, including task systems, synchronization, memory ownership, and cache behavior
Hands-on experience with GPU programming, including CUDA and/or shader development, and an understanding of CPU–GPU coordination
Solid understanding of modern rendering pipelines, including geometry processing, materials, shaders, and GPU memory management
Experience working inside large engine codebases (e.g., Unreal Engine or similar real-time engines)
Fluency in C++ and Python, with working knowledge of shader languages (HLSL/GLSL or similar)
Strong intuition for performance debugging, profiling, and system-level optimization across CPU and GPU
Preferred
Experience with neural rendering or neural reconstruction techniques, such as 3D Gaussian splatting, NeRF-style representations, or hybrid neural-graphics pipelines
Familiarity with CUDA-accelerated rendering or simulation workloads
Experience designing or optimizing real-time ray tracing systems
Familiarity with autonomy-related sensors (cameras, LiDAR, radar, ultrasonic) and their simulation or rendering requirements
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage
401k retirement benefits with employer match
Learning and wellness stipends
Paid time off
Company
Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition provides software infrastructure to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles
at scale.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.5BKey Investors
General Catalyst
2025-06-17Series F· $600M
2024-07-25Secondary Market· $300M
2024-03-11Series E· $250M
Leadership Team
Qasar Younis
Co-Founder and CEO
Peter Ludwig
CTO and Co-founder
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