Software Engineer

Hyra; California (MO); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote working options

Mission-critical safety systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Professional development

Job summary

Hyra in the United States is seeking an experienced engineer to design and maintain backend services that manage feature delivery and deployments for a fleet of autonomous vehicles.

You will collaborate across Product, Data Science, and Operations to ensure system stability, implement robust rollout processes, and enable safe feature launches through evaluation, A/B testing, and gradual deployment strategies.

Qualifications

• Extensive professional software engineering experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Proven ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries.
• Strong documentation and communication of complex designs.
• Commitment to system safety and reliability with failure detection.
• Proficiency in C++ and high-performance distributed infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain backend services delivering configurations to a fleet of autonomous vehicles.
• Build mission-critical tools to support scaling into new markets.
• Collaborate with Product, Data Science, and Operations teams.
• Implement robust rollout processes for safe vehicle updates.
• Enable safe feature launches through evaluation, A/B testing, and gradual deployments.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical documentation

System safety & reliability

C++ proficiency

Job description

A large autonomous technology business is looking for an experienced engineer to join the team. The role focuses on designing and maintaining the backend services that manage feature delivery and release deployments for a large fleet of vehicles. The successful candidate will work across engineering and operations teams to ensure system stability and safe feature rollouts.

What you'll be doing

• Design and maintain large-scale backend services delivering configurations to a fleet of autonomous vehicles.
• Build mission-critical commercialization tools and systems to support scaling into new markets.
• Collaborate with Product, Data Science, and Operations teams to evolve systems as organizational needs grow.
• Implement robust rollout processes to manage the complexity of updating vehicles in a high-stakes environment.
• Enable safe feature launches through evaluation, A/B testing, and gradual deployment strategies.

What we're looking for

• Extensive professional software engineering experience with a focus on large-scale distributed systems.
• Proven track record of driving effective collaboration and alignment across different organizational boundaries.
• Strong ability to document technical designs and communicate complex processes to cross-functional teams.
• Commitment to system safety and reliability with experience in failure detection and prevention mechanisms.
• Proficiency in C++ and familiarity with high-performance distributed infrastructure and protocols.

What's on offer

• Flexible remote working options
• Opportunity to work on mission-critical safety systems
• Collaborative environment with cross-functional technical teams
• Professional development within a specialized engineering field