Senior Software Engineer at Zendar
Berkeley, CA
$160,000–$180,000
Jun 29, 2026
Berkeley, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior software engineering role on a five-person platform team responsible for the sensor, data, and demo infrastructure that underpins a radar-and-vision perception startup. Day-to-day work spans integrating new sensors and perception models, maintaining a multi-sensor data collection platform, supporting embedded deployment pipelines, and evolving a customer-facing evaluation kit and UI. The role suits an engineer with strong fundamentals across multiple abstraction levels — from low-level device integration to application and UI work — who is comfortable operating across teams in a fast-moving environment.
Senior level · 5+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $160,000–$180,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,400 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,800–3,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $186,640 (middle half $163,500–$219,670). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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The role requires in-office presence Tuesday–Thursday in Berkeley, CA; it is not fully remote.
C++ and Python are listed under the primary 'What We're Looking For' requirements section and are hard gates.
Linux, JavaScript/UI development, and automotive sensor experience (radar, lidar, camera, CANbus) all appear under the 'Bonus Points For' section and are treated as preferred. CANbus is listed as a representative example of automotive sensor experience in that bonus section.
CI/CD is mentioned only in narrative project context ('we talk about CI/CD in Zendar'), not as a stated requirement or bonus skill — included as preferred given its relevance to described project work.
No formal degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
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