Aurora is looking to build a suite of fleet management tools to enable commercial operation of autonomous vehicle fleets at scale, and is seeking a Senior-level Backend Software Engineer to join the Aurora Services Engineering team to take on a critical role in this effort.
Requirements
- Strong backend service engineering skills. We use modern technologies to build our products including Golang, Python, C++, gRPC, Kubernetes, and AWS.
- Experience working with databases and caches such as Postgres and Redis.
- Experience taking a SaaS development project into production at scale.
- Experience building gRPC services using Golang.
- Experience with IoT devices and Over-the-Air communication.
- Experience with Kubernetes, including service configuration, monitoring and deployment.
- Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
Responsibilities
- Design complex systems from the ground up, working closely with software, hardware, and infrastructure engineering teams along with other stakeholder teams within Aurora.
- Embrace AI tools to add new features which delight our users, along with improving frontend, backend, and onboard engineering efficiency.
- Build backend services running in Aurora’s AWS cloud used to monitor and manage the location and activity of our entire autonomous fleet.
- Establish technology and infrastructure to scale our products with high availability and reliability.
- Collaborate with stakeholders including Security, Product, Design, Safety, and Cloud Platform to achieve company milestones.
- Send suggestions and receive updates from vehicles in real time in order to ensure the safe operation of Aurora’s autonomous fleet.
- Contribute to and evolve our team culture around mentorship, feedback, collaboration, and engineering excellence.
Other
- Phenomenal communication skills. We build software with people and for people.
- A preference for action. You will use good judgment to balance speed and quality.
- The drive to make teams stronger. You're excited to 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. You’re happy to engage with our product and design teams and our internal customers to understand their needs and find ways to meet them.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
