Senior Backend Engineer, Ride-Hailing Cloud & Integrations

Nuro; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuro is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and scale cloud services powering our on‑road autonomy platform. You will own backend services, APIs, and integrations with partners, shaping reliable, high‑performing systems for riders and operators.

You’ll lead design discussions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, vehicle engineering, and operations teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions in Go on GCP.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production backend experience
• Strong proficiency in Go and API design
• Experience with distributed systems and scalable services
• Cloud experience on GCP or similar
• Proven product ownership and technical leadership

Responsibilities

• Develop APIs and integrations with partners to connect ride requests and vehicle workflows
• Build services for real-time vehicle telemetry and status updates
• Improve reliability, latency, and resilience with monitoring and diagnostics
• Own implementation, rollout, and iteration based on production behavior
• Lead design discussions and mentor engineers across teams

Skills

Go

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

API design

Cloud platforms

Product ownership

Leadership

Tools

Cloud SQL

Redis

BigQuery

Job description

Nuro is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and scale cloud services powering our on‑road autonomy platform. You will own backend services, APIs, and integrations with partners, shaping reliable, high‑performing systems for riders and operators.

You’ll lead design discussions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, vehicle engineering, and operations teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions in Go on GCP.