Aurora Innovation

Technology

StaffSoftwareEngineer

$220–330k ~AI est. Mountain View, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Staff Software Engineer at Aurora Innovation. Skills: Backend services, System design, Fleet management, Asset management. Design complex systems. Partner with Software teams”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver benefits quickly; Deliver benefits safely; Deliver benefits broadly; Scale autonomous vehicles fleet; Scale products with high availability; Scale products with reliability

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Balance speed and quality; Use good judgment; Notice where need exists; Hustle to fill need; Engage conflict

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years backend services, Bachelor's or Master's Degree, Experience with REST, Experience with gRPC, Experience with GraphQL, Experience with large scale services, Experience with high concurrent services, Experience with high throughput services, Experience with safety critical services, Phenomenal communication skills, Write effective technical spec, Provide feedback to others, Translate technical concepts, Incorporate feedback into efforts, Value openness, Value empathy, Value kindness, Value collaboration, Preference for action, Balance speed and quality, Deliver products responsibly, Deliver products sustainably, Self-starter mentality, Thrive in growing environment, Notice where need exists, Hustle to fill need, Drive to make teams stronger, Work hard and fast, Engage conflict with openness, Engage conflict with patience, Engage conflict with kindness, Safe to lean on each other, Learn from failures, Motivation to own product lifecycle, Engage with product teams, Engage with design teams, Engage with internal customers, Understand customer needs, Find ways to meet needs, Ensure product development stays on course, Release and post-release support

Nice to Have

Experience with embedded autonomous vehicle development, Experience with IoT, Experience with real time communication, Experience with application release strategies, Experience with observability, Experience with monitoring safety critical systems, Experience with fleet management solutions, Experience with external customer facing software, Experience with production rollout, Experience with safety critical applications, Experience with mission critical applications

What You'll Do.

Design complex systems

Partner with Software teams

Partner with Hardware teams

Partner with infrastructure teams

Partner with Product Managers

Partner with Designers

Partner with Operation Stakeholders

Design micro-backend architecture

Implement micro-backend architecture

Maintain micro-backend architecture

Monitor commercial fleet

Manage commercial fleet

Design fleet management solution

Implement fleet management solution

Design vehicle communication system

Implement vehicle communication system

Establish technology for scale

Establish infrastructure for scale

Contribute to team culture

Drive engineering excellence

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Software engineering teams; Hardware engineering teams; Infrastructure engineering teams; Product Managers; Designers; Operation Stakeholders; Cross-functional teams; Integrated team

Communication Scope

Technical spec writing; Feedback provision; Concept translation; Feedback incorporation

Full Job Description

Who we are 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, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone. At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn. The Aurora Services Engineering org creates full-stack solutions including backend services, web apps, mobile apps, and real-time onboard code that enable commercial operation of autonomous vehicle fleets at scale. Our mission is to build the software that drives the commercial side of our platform such as assigning work to autonomous vehicles, providing remote support, managing a fleet of vehicles, and receiving orders from customers. As Aurora prepares to massively scale its fleet and integrate with partners on an API level, the tools we build are critical to the efficient daily operation of our business. We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join the Core Services team under Aurora Services. You will help the Aurora Services Org to build the new asset management solution to scale up the autonomous vehicles fleet. In this role you will 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 the Aurora’s AWS cloud used to monitor and manage the entire Aurora Commercial Fleet. Design, 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 cul

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