Staff Software Engineer - Core Services

Job description

Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.

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 culture around mentorship, feedback,collaboration, and engineering excellence.

7 or more years of experience in building backend services.
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
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. 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…
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.
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.