Senior Software Performance Engineer (Autonomous Vehicles)

Location: Remote within the United States; based in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Salary: $160,000–$180,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global develops and deploys autonomous vehicles using Multi-Policy Decision Making technology to improve transit access, safety, and urban mobility.

What you will do

• Instrument the behavior-planning pipeline to measure runtime performance, latency spikes, resource contention, and memory inefficiencies.
• Optimize high-frequency C++ execution loops by improving cache utilization, reducing dynamic allocations, and lowering tail latency.
• Re-engineer thread boundaries and synchronization logic for safe, high-throughput multi-core execution.
• Build automated micro-benchmarks and runtime telemetry into CI/CD pipelines to detect performance regressions.
• Collaborate with autonomy teams to design performant, low-overhead C++ module interfaces.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of CPU cache hierarchies, memory alignment, lock-free concurrency, and Linux thread scheduling.
• Hands-on experience with Linux profiling tools such as Perf, Tracy, or eBPF, and dynamic sanitizers including ASan, TSan, or Valgrind.
• Strong modern C++ proficiency, including low-overhead abstractions, RAII, and cache-friendly data layouts.
• Experience with micro-benchmarking frameworks and performance-regression testing in continuous integration.
• Experience in performance-critical software environments such as game engines, financial technology, database runtimes, or operating system kernels.
• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent field.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• At least five years of professional experience.
• Experience with autonomous vehicles, robotics, or high-throughput real-time control systems.
• Experience designing and scaling automated CI/CD performance-testing infrastructure.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Retirement benefits with an immediately vested employer safe-harbor match.
• Paid parental leave with a phased return-to-work program.
• Flexible vacation policy, paid company holidays, and a wellness program.