Rune Technologies
Backend Software Engineer - Maps & Routing
Rosslyn, VA · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 50 days ago
RustC++AlgorithmsCode ReviewAWSKubernetesData EngineeringSupply ChainLogisticsInventory Management
About the role
- You'll join us in our mission to bring 21st-century software to the sustainment domain: modernizing inventory management, transportation optimization, and route planning with state-of-the-art user experiences.
- You'll work closely with a team of experienced engineers, product designers, and operational experts who care deeply about delivering real-world impact.
- This means taking full responsibility for our ground routing infrastructure, built on Valhalla, and independently designing and implementing new capabilities on top of it.
Responsibilities
- Own the design, development, and ongoing maintenance of Rune's routing layer, built on Valhalla, as the sole engineer responsible for this system.
- Collaborate with the broader platform team to expose routing functionality through clean APIs and integrate it into TyrOS workflows.
- Participate in technical design discussions and code reviews, contributing to a culture of engineering rigor and mission focus.
- Triage and debug routing issues in production, ensuring reliability and rapid iteration in support of operational needs.
Requirements
- 4-6 years of experience in software engineering, with a demonstrated focus on routing, navigation, or transportation systems
- Direct experience with Valhalla
- Experience with multi-modal transport routing (ground, air, maritime) beyond single-mode use cases.
- Experience deploying software to production environments, including cloud (AWS, Kubernetes) and edge infrastructure.
- Familiarity with OpenStreetMap data pipelines, PostGIS, or tile server infrastructure (e.g., Martin).
- Direct hands-on experience building or extending a routing engine (Valhalla, OSRM, Graphhopper, or equivalent)
- Comfort owning a technical layer - you can design, implement, debug, and iterate independently.
- Strong sense of ownership and a bias for action.
- Desired Qualifications
- Prior work at a logistics, mapping, or supply chain technology company
Nice to have
- Proficiency in C++ or Rust as a primary language
- familiarity with Go is a plus.
Skills
- The U.S. military and its allies face a real logistics modernization problem.
Compensation
- Highly competitive equity grants are also included in the majority of full time offers and are considered part of Rune's total compensation package.
Benefits
- Rune offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees to include a full suite of insurance options at no cost for employees and low-cost to spouses and dependents.
- Highly competitive equity grants are also included in the majority of full time offers and are considered part of Rune's total compensation package.
- Benefits include:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Basic life insurance and disability 100% covered for all employees by Rune
- option to purchase additional life insurance available
- 'Take the time off that you need, when you need it' paid time off, not accrual based
- Generous company holiday calendar including a holiday shutdown in December
- Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service, medical events, and parental leave
- Full 401(k) retirement plan for all full-time eligible employees
- Company-funded commuter benefits
- Free access to on-site gym at office
Company info
- the graph structures, cost functions, and edge-case logic that determine how a vehicle actually gets from A to B, especially when the environment is degraded, contested, or constantly changing.
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