Staff Full-Stack Engineer — Real-Time Systems

Aurora; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 303,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora is building self-driving technology and operates a Services team. We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join Aurora Services to scale real-time data systems and fleet operations.

This role will shape the architecture and delivery of critical software used across our platform. You will lead cross-team initiatives, mentor engineers, and build scalable web services, APIs, and data pipelines, collaborating with autonomy, cloud infrastructure, and operations.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in CS or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of software development experience, designing, building, and operating large-scale full-stack systems.
• Demonstrated leadership, mentoring senior engineers, and driving technical strategy.

Responsibilities

• Architect and drive scalable full-stack web services for real-time data flows.
• Provide technical leadership and influence architectural decisions across teams.
• Develop and deploy robust, low-latency backend services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise engineering standards across the organization.
• Partner with autonomy, cloud infrastructure, and operations to define technical roadmaps.
• Translate operational data into actionable insights via operator-facing tools and APIs.

Skills

Full-stack development

Distributed systems

API design

Leadership

Communication

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS or related

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Monitoring/alerting

Job description

Aurora is building self-driving technology and operates a Services team. We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join Aurora Services to scale real-time data systems and fleet operations.

This role will shape the architecture and delivery of critical software used across our platform. You will lead cross-team initiatives, mentor engineers, and build scalable web services, APIs, and data pipelines, collaborating with autonomy, cloud infrastructure, and operations.