
Mid/Senior Software Engineer- Autonomy
About Seoul Robotics
Seoul Robotics is an autonomous driving company with a mission to solve first and last-mile logistics challenges, backed by a team of industry experts from Google, NVIDIA, Coupang, Porsche, and GM.
This position offers a great opportunity to advance your professional career in the cutting-edge autonomous robotics industry, where AI/ML is embedded at the core of the product.
With members from over 10 different countries, you have the chance to work in a unique international environment in the heart of Seoul, where English is our primary language.
Our global clients provide opportunities to work overseas in various areas in Asia and the US.
[Our Story and Technology]
- Powering the Future of Autonomy with LV5 CTRL TWR (YouTube LINK)
- Media (Chosun Biz LINK, PR Newswire LINK)
[Our Principles]
■ Add Value
■ Earn Trust
■ Own Your Job
■ Keep Growing
■ Respect Diversity
About the Role
We are looking for an Autonomy Software Engineer to help build and scale core autonomy capabilities.
This is a product engineering role for people who enjoy shipping real systems: designing clean software, developing new features, improving reliability, and delivering measurable impact in real operations.
The role is open to both mid-level and senior candidates. Strong robotics/autonomous driving experience is a plus, not a strict requirement.
Why Join Us
- Work on autonomy software that controls individual vehicles and entire fleets in real-world deployment, where your decisions directly affect safety and performance.
- Collaborate with a strong cross-functional team solving practical, high-value problems
- Grow from hands-on execution to larger technical ownership over time
Responsibilities
- Build and improve core autonomy functionality in planning, control, and estimation pipelines
- Design, implement, and maintain robust C++ software for production use
- Translate product and operational needs into practical technical solutions
- Improve system reliability, performance, and maintainability across modules
- Investigate complex issues using logs, simulation, and operational data, then deliver durable fixes
- Develop test and validation workflows to support safe and confident releases
- Contribute to engineering quality through design reviews, code reviews, and better development practices
Required Qualifications
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on C++ development experience
- Experience building and maintaining complex systems in production environments
- Ability to debug ambiguous problems and drive them to resolution
- Experience writing clean, testable, maintainable code
- Strong collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional teams
- Ownership mindset and ability to deliver end-to-end results
Preferred Qualifications
- Robotics, autonomous driving, or other real-time/safety-critical system experience
- Practical understanding of planning, control, and/or state estimation systems
- Experience with simulation-based development and validation
- Experience with Linux-based development and CI/CD workflows
- Senior-level experience leading technical design, mentoring others, or owning large components
Leveling (Mid/Senior)
- Mid-level candidates are expected to own features/modules with guidance on architecture
- Senior candidates are expected to lead technical direction for major components and elevate team-wide engineering standards
Recruitment Process
Application Review - Recruiter Screening - Tech Interviews - CEO Screening - Reference Check - Offer
(Please be aware that the recruitment processes & schedules may be changed depending on the job and/or other circumstances)
Benefits
▷ Diversity - International team (10+ nationalities)
▷ Flexible work hours
▷ Hybrid work
▷ 10 days of paid sick leave
▷ Daily meal support
▷ No dress code
▷ Premium health check (Once a year)
▷ Snacks and premium coffee
Seoul Robotics stands for an open and respectful corporate culture because we believe diversity helps us to find new perspectives.
Seoul Robotics ensures that all our members have equal opportunities – regardless of age, ethnic origin and nationality, gender and gender identity, physical and mental abilities, religion and belief, sexual orientation, and social background. We always ensure diversity right from the recruitment stage and therefore make hiring decisions based on a candidate’s actual competencies, qualifications, and business needs at the point of the time.
Please feel free to contact us via our talent acquisition team e-mail if you have any questions.
[Seoul Robotics Talent Acquisition e-mail: talent@seoulrobotics.org]
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