Senior Staff Software Engineer (C++)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core C++ infrastructure used across Aeva’s software platforms.
• Own architecture for large-scale, performance-critical systems with a focus on reliability, maintainability, and long-term scalability.
• Lead development of foundational libraries, runtime components, data pipelines, APIs, SDK components, and system-level services.
• Optimize software for latency, throughput, memory usage, concurrency, and CPU/GPU efficiency.
• Drive technical decisions across teams and provide clear guidance on tradeoffs, design patterns, interfaces, and system boundaries.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers through design reviews, code reviews, debugging sessions, and technical planning.

Job requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience in modern C++.
• Strong systems programming background, including Linux development, networking, IPC, file I/O, process management, and performance debugging.
• Experience building production-quality infrastructure used by multiple teams or products.
• Ability to reason about latency, throughput, memory usage, cache behavior, and algorithmic complexity.
• Strong debugging skills across application, system, and integration layers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly.