Senior Software Engineer - Deploy Infrastructure
Latitude AI · Pittsburgh, PA
$179,200–$268,800from the description
Jul 9, 2026
Pittsburgh, PA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on modernizing the infrastructure that gets software onto autonomous vehicles. The work involves replacing legacy bootstrapping workflows, building backend services that connect to artifact and CI/CD systems, and integrating with hardware-in-the-loop test frameworks. It suits engineers with strong Python skills, experience in at least one systems language, and a background in Linux, deployment automation, or embedded environments.
Senior level · 4+ years · Pittsburgh, PA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 50 people in the Pittsburgh, PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 30–75
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $127,238 (middle half $97,661–$159,195). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role sits at the intersection of infrastructure/DevOps and embedded systems software development. It clearly ships new tooling and services (Python, Rust/Go/C++) rather than purely operating existing infrastructure, which is why 15-1252 Software Developers is the primary classification; 15-1244 is the runner-up given the strong Linux systems administration and deployment-pipeline flavor.
The salary range ($179,200–$268,800/year) is stated specifically for California (Palo Alto location); actual pay for Pittsburgh or Dearborn may differ.
Degree requirement: the JD accepts a Bachelor's + 4 years, Master's + 2 years, or a PhD with no stated minimum experience — Bachelor's is the minimum formal degree gate, but equivalent experience is NOT explicitly offered as a substitute, so it is treated as a hard requirement.
Ansible (or similar: Terraform, Salt) appears in the required qualifications section with an 'or similar' qualifier; the infrastructure-as-code/configuration-management capability is a hard gate, with the specific tool being interchangeable.
Rust is listed as the first-named systems language option alongside Go and C++; all three are acceptable substitutes per the JD ('at least one systems language').
Artifactory and Jenkins are named only in a narrative description of systems the role integrates with ('such as Artifactory and Jenkins'), not in the requirements section — treated as preferred/context.
gRPC/Protocol Buffers, Bazel, OTA/fleet management, and embedded Linux experience all appear under the explicit 'Nice to have' section.
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