Software Engineer

Aurora Operations, Inc; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora Operations, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer in Pittsburgh to architect and implement data platforms for autonomous vehicle software. The role focuses on building distributed services, Go/Python backends, and scalable databases within a cloud ecosystem.

You will work on onboard event detection frameworks, metrics extraction (C++/SQL), and CI/CD automation, with a hybrid work arrangement.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to read, interpret, analyze, and communicate data-driven insights.
• Deep knowledge of Linux kernel and computer networking.
• Massive cloud-scale distributed systems architecture.
• Proficient in GoLang, Python, C++, and SQL.
• Demonstrated experience with AWS S3, AWS Glue Catalog, AWS Athena.
• Demonstrated experience with gRPC and API Gateways.
• Demonstrated experience with Grafana, Prometheus and PromQL, and OpsGenie.
• Demonstrated experience with SQL database design, management, and scalability.
• Knowledge of CI/CD deployment pipelines and ghz, Python unittest and Pytest testing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement a robust framework for autonomous vehicle board to support onboard event detection execution.
• Design and implement core data extraction platforms for autonomous vehicle software into highly available, distributed systems to support exponential data growth of autonomous vehicle fleet.
• Develop AI-powered data retrieval solutions for autonomous vehicle fleet logs to enhance engineering efficiency and streamline data discovery processes.
• Architect and implement robust framework for autonomous vehicle board to support onboard event detection and execution.
• Design and implement low overhead metrics extraction framework in C++ and SQL.
• Participate in peer code reviews and mentor junior engineers to backend robotic system development, design, and cloud storage patterns.
• Design, build, and maintain distributed backend services and APIs for autonomous vehicle system using GoLang and Python within a comprehensive cloud computing ecosystem.
• Automate CI/CD deployment pipelines and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Investigate, debug, and resolve complex systemic backend issues across microservices, networking layers (gRPC and API Gateways), and production databases.
• Partner closely with downstream products, machine learning, and core engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver cross-functional data solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to streamline data sourcing workflows and support the efficient processing of complex, fragmented robotics logs.

Skills

Go

Python

C++

SQL

Linux

AWS

gRPC

APIs

Grafana

Prometheus

PyTest

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

ghz

Job description

Company Name: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Job Location: Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Employer will allow a hybrid work schedule.

Job title: Software Engineer

Minimum Salary: $131,000

Education: Master's degree in Computer Science or related

SOC Code: 17-2199.08

SOC Occupation Title: Robotics Engineers

Duration: Regular Hire

Work week: Full-time

Supervises employees: No

Travel: None

Experience: Requires skills and experience to involve: Proven ability to read, interpret, analyze, and communicate data-driven insights. Deep knowledge of Linux kernel and computer networking. Demonstrated knowledge of massive cloud-scale distributed systems architecture. Proficient in GoLang, Python, C++, and SQL. Demonstrated experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3, AWS Glue Catalog, AWS Athena. Demonstrated experience with gRPC and API Gateways. Demonstrated experience with Grafana, Prometheus and PromQL, and OpsGenie. Demonstrated experience with SQL database design, management, and scalability. Demonstrated knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) deployment pipelines and ghz, Python unittest and Pytest testing frameworks.

Job duties: The Software Engineer position will architect and implement a robust framework for autonomous vehicle board to support the onboard event detection execution. Design and implement core data extraction platforms for autonomous vehicle software into highly available, distributed systems to support exponential data growth of autonomous vehicle fleet. Develop AI-powered data retrieval solutions for autonomous vehicle fleet logs to enhance engineering efficiency and streamline data discovery processes. Architect and implement robust framework for autonomous vehicle board to support onboard event detection and execution. Design and implement low overhead metrics extraction framework in C++ and SQL. Participate in peer code reviews and mentor junior engineers to backend robotic system development, design, and cloud storage patterns. Design, build, and maintain distributed backend services and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for autonomous vehicle system using GoLang and Python within a comprehensive cloud computing ecosystem. Automate continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) deployment pipelines and ensure comprehensive test coverage. Investigate, debug, and resolve complex systemic backend issues across microservices, networking layers (gRPC and API Gateways), and production databases. Partner closely with downstream products, machine learning, and core engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver cross-functional data solutions. Collaborate with stakeholders to streamline data sourcing workflows and support the efficient processing of complex, fragmented robotics logs.