Aurora is looking to build the software that drives the commercial side of its autonomous vehicle platform, including assigning work to vehicles, providing remote support, managing fleets, and receiving customer orders. As Aurora scales its fleet and integrates with partners, the tools built are critical for efficient daily operations.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in cloud backend development, including scalable web services, distributed systems, and modern API design.
- Proficiency with cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes, Elasticache, CI/CD, and monitoring/alerting systems).
- Experience building large-scale gRPC services in Golang.
- Experience in a leadership role, driving technical strategy, influencing architectural decisions, and mentoring senior engineers.
- Experience defining technical roadmaps and driving long-term strategic projects that span multiple engineering teams.
- Experience with safety and mission critical applications.
- Experience in onboard C++ development for autonomous vehicles or other robotics.
Responsibilities
- Architect and build scalable cloud backend services that power real-time and offline data flows essential for fleet optimization, autonomy improvement, and commercial operations.
- Develop and deploy robust, well-engineered solutions, leveraging modern cloud technologies and building highly available, low-latency backend services, APIs, and data pipelines.
- Design complex systems from the ground up. Partnering closely with Software, Hardware and infrastructure engineering teams.
- Mentor and grow senior engineers, raising the technical bar for the entire organization through code reviews, design discussions, and promoting a culture of engineering excellence.
- Translate complex operational data and autonomy metrics into actionable insights through scalable operator-facing tools and powerful APIs, directly improving our efficiency and product.
- Add new features to existing products and greenfield completely new ones.
- Lead the Backend architecture decisions focused workflows in order to scale our operations to make a significant impact on the way commercial fleet operations function at Aurora.
Other
- Partner with Product Managers, Designers, Autonomy, and Operation Stakeholders to deliver the benefit of Self Driving Vehicles quickly, safely and broadly.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of industry experience in software development, with a proven track record of designing, building, and operating large-scale backend systems.
- Phenomenal communication skills. We build software with people and for people. You know how to write an effective technical spec, provide feedback to others, translate technical concepts into lay terms, and incorporate feedback into your efforts. You value and practice openness, empathy, kindness, and collaboration.
- A preference for action. You will use good judgment to balance speed and quality. You will deliver products that are built in a responsible and sustainable way. You will use a self-starter mentality to thrive in a growing environment where all hands are on deck, and consider no obstacle too big or too small. You will notice where there is a need and will hustle to fill it.
