Staff Software Engineer - Core Services

4w4 weeks ago

Aurora Innovation

Mountain View, US · Full-time · $189,000 – $303,000

About this role

Aurora's mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, bringing a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.

As a Staff Engineer on the Core Services team, you will help build the new asset management solution to scale up the autonomous vehicle fleet. You will design complex systems from the ground up, partnering closely with Software, Hardware, and Infrastructure engineering teams.

You will design, implement, and maintain a micro-backend architecture running in Aurora's AWS cloud used to monitor and manage the entire commercial fleet. You will also design and implement the fleet management solution and the vehicle communication system, establishing technology and infrastructure to scale products with high availability and reliability.

You will contribute to and evolve our team culture around mentorship, feedback, collaboration, and engineering excellence. At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge.

Requirements

7 or more years of experience in building backend services.
Experience with web communication protocols, including REST, gRPC, and GraphQL.
Experience with building large scale, high concurrent, high throughput, and safety critical backend services.
Phenomenal communication skills: ability to write an effective technical spec, provide feedback to others, translate technical concepts into lay terms, and incorporate feedback.
A preference for action: use good judgment to balance speed and quality, deliver products built in a responsible and sustainable way, and thrive in a growing environment.
The drive to make teams stronger: work hard and fast to the finish line on new opportunities with a collaborative and integrated team.
Motivation to own the product lifecycle end to end, engaging with product and design teams proactively.

Responsibilities

Design complex systems from the ground up, partnering closely with Software, Hardware, and Infrastructure engineering teams.
Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and Operation Stakeholders to deliver the benefit of Self Driving Vehicles quickly, safely, and broadly.
Design, implement, and maintain a micro-backend architecture running in Aurora's AWS cloud used to monitor and manage the entire Aurora Commercial Fleet.
Design and implement the fleet management solution and the vehicle communication system.
Establish technology and infrastructure to scale our products with high availability and reliability.
Contribute and evolve our team culture around mentorship, feedback, collaboration, and engineering excellence.

Benefits

Work on massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals.
Opportunity to grow as an expert while expanding your knowledge in self-driving technology.
Be part of a mission to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.