Principal Software Engineer

Join Moove AV as a Principal Software Engineer and be the founding technical owner of a new platform for autonomous mobility operations. You will design the core architecture, select the technology stack, and write the foundational production code. You will work closely with product, operations, and depot teams to translate business requirements into production-ready systems. You will also influence product and technology strategy, build APIs, and set engineering standards. This is a hands-on role with the opportunity for long-term technical ownership and mentorship.

• Design the core architecture, select the technology stack, and write the foundational production code for a new autonomous fleet & depot platform.
• Work closely with product, operations, and depot teams to translate ambiguous, fast-moving business requirements into resilient, production-ready systems.
• Set engineering standards, coding practices, and technical decision-making processes for the systems you build.
• Strong engineering fundamentals across system design, performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Hands-on experience building distributed systems on modern cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines, including AI/ML or LLM-driven components in production
• Proven experience delivering greenfield products or internal platforms from scratch
• Bachelors in a related-field preferred (Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering)
• Ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into production-ready systems
• 10+ years of experience building cloud-native backend or platform systems
• Comfort operating in high-ownership, low-process, early-stage environments
• Experience building workflow engines, orchestration systems, or DAG-based processing platforms
• Exposure to logistics, fleet, mobility, or data-intensive SaaS platforms
• Prior experience in founding engineer or early platform team roles
• If you’re ready to be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology and help make mobility safer, more efficient, and accessible, we want to hear from you!