Senior Software Engineer – Real‑Time Fleet Services

Aurora; San Francisco (CA); Híbrido; USD 162.000 - 260.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Aurora is building a transportation ecosystem to make roads safer and mobility more accessible. We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Aurora Services to own core full-stack components and drive projects from ambiguous goals to production-ready systems.

You will shape APIs, data pipelines, and fleet-operation tools while coordinating with operations and cloud teams. Join a team scaling autonomous driving to hundreds or thousands of vehicles, influencing architecture, performance, and

Formación

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of industry experience in software development, with a proven track record of owning and delivering key deliverables within large-scale full‑stack systems.
• Hands‑on proficiency across the full software lifecycle, combining core systems and architectural foundations with modern client‑facing applications and data storage solutions.
• Experience designing, refactoring, and maintaining REST/gRPC APIs and microservices.
• Demonstrated ability to take ambiguous requirements, break them down into actionable technical plans, and execute independently.
• Strong cross‑functional communication skills, with experience advising interdisciplinary partners and translating operational requirements into clean software abstractions.

Responsabilidades

• Own substantial full-stack software components and drive technical projects from ambiguous, high-level goals into fully defined, production-ready systems.
• Play a key role in the design and evolution of the team's software products, APIs, and data pipelines to support real-time fleet operations and operator workflows.
• Balance tradeoffs between short-term MVPs and scalable long-term software design, coordinating dependencies and work estimates to deliver critical operational functionality smoothly.
• Establish and guide team best practices for code quality, testing, performance optimization, and documentation, actively participating in code reviews and architecture discussions.
• Serve as a primary point of contact and subject matter expert for core team components, consulting with interdisciplinary teams across operations, autonomy, and cloud infrastructure to align on deliverables.
• Identify bottlenecks in existing systems and independently drive meaningful improvements to overall code quality, performance, and system reliability.
• Advocate for new technologies or shared infrastructure across the company and help integrate them into the team's stack while onboarding and advising peers.

Conocimientos

BS/MS/PhD in CS

5+ years software development

REST/gRPC APIs

Microservices

Full-stack development

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS

Advanced degree/PhD preferred

Herramientas

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Docker

Onboard vehicle software (C++)

Descripción del empleo

Aurora is building a transportation ecosystem to make roads safer and mobility more accessible. We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Aurora Services to own core full-stack components and drive projects from ambiguous goals to production-ready systems.

You will shape APIs, data pipelines, and fleet-operation tools while coordinating with operations and cloud teams. Join a team scaling autonomous driving to hundreds or thousands of vehicles, influencing architecture, performance, and