Staff Software Engineer - Real-Time Full-Stack

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity compensation

Benefits

Job summary

Aurora is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Aurora Services team in Mountain View, CA. You will architect scalable full-stack services and drive real-time data flows to power fleet optimization and autonomy improvements.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical roadmaps, and collaborate with autonomy, cloud, and operations leaders while delivering high-availability APIs and data pipelines. Compensation includes bonus and equity.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in CS or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years in software development and large-scale systems.
• Strong front-end and back-end, web services, APIs.
• Proven leadership, technical strategy, mentoring.
• Excellent communication for cross-functional teams.
• Cloud, DevOps practices including monitoring

Responsibilities

• Architect and drive strategic initiatives for scalable full-stack services.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple teams and designs.
• Develop and deploy robust, low-latency backend services and APIs.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise engineering standards.
• Collaborate with autonomy, cloud, and operations leaders on roadmaps.
• Translate data and metrics into actionable operator insights

Skills

Leadership

Full-stack

Distributed systems

Communication

Cloud & DevOps

Education

CS degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Monitoring

Job description

Aurora is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Aurora Services team in Mountain View, CA. You will architect scalable full-stack services and drive real-time data flows to power fleet optimization and autonomy improvements.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical roadmaps, and collaborate with autonomy, cloud, and operations leaders while delivering high-availability APIs and data pipelines. Compensation includes bonus and equity.