Staff Software Engineer - Pittsburgh, United States - Aurora CO

Description

Who We Are

Aurora (Nasdaq:
AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before.

The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling semi-trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, its driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing.

Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Toyota, FedEx, Volvo Trucks, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, U.S.

Xpress, Werner, Covenant, Schneider, and Ryder. For Aurora's latest news, visit and @aurora_inno on Twitter.

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all.

We're searching for a

Staff Software Engineer

to join Aurora's

Core Ingestion Infra

team.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for diving into the log ingestion center to explore the full life cycle of the log, help keep it fast, user-friendly, data driven, and work with our visualization developer partners closely.

You'll develop tools, data pipelines & APIs to accelerate log consumption and exploitation & building scalable services.

In this role, you will

Drive feature development for Ingestion Center oriented applications and log exploitation.

Leverage production best practices to guarantee a reliable platform for log ingestion across stakeholders in the organization.

Optimize data pipelines handling sensor data from millions of miles of on-road

Work together with autonomy engineers to enhance the efficiency of sensor data utilization across various platforms, such as visualization and labeling platforms.

Collaborate across teams and functions (product, autonomy, operations, labeling) to drive projects from inception to delivery

Be a force multiplier across a diverse set of hardware and software engineers and proactively work together with stakeholders to achieve cross-departmental goals and satisfy company OKR.

Required Qualifications

Minimum 7 years related experience


Required programming skills:
C++


Preferred programming skills:
Python or GoLang

Strong hands on experience of building backend software systems networking, load balancing, API gateways, system security, gRPC services.

Strong with database design, database management and database scalability.

Experience with workflow orchestration pipeline - Airflow, Kubernetes, CI/CD tooling.

Comfortable working with the PB scale of dataset (optical, lidar, and radar modalities) and championing engineering excellence by continuously optimizing the systems and processes with SLO/SLA in mind.

Work with your teammates to leverage the cutting edge cloud technologies to own, architect, implement, and test scalable distributed data frameworks in the cloud.

Contribute to and evolve our team culture around mentorship, feedback, collaboration, and engineering excellence.

Collaborate with product and cross team stakeholders to plan features and build high-quality, extensible, and scalable products.

Desirable Qualifications

Experience with large scale distributed systems or microservice architectures

A passion for writing robust, intuitive, high-performance code, and being pragmatic about it

Ability to navigate and work efficiently in large codebase

Understanding the decoding and encoding of sensor data

Strong software development background demonstrated by industry experience in building platforms that serve AV development and commercialization.

Phenomenal communication skills. We build software for people. We build software with people.

You know how to write an effective technical design doc, provide feedback to others, translate technical concepts into lay terms, and incorporate feedback into your efforts.

You value and practice openness, empathy, respect, and collaboration.

A preference for action. You will use good judgment to balance speed and quality. You will deliver products that are built in a responsible and sustainable way.

With a self-driven mindset, you are expected to thrive in a dynamic environment where everyone pitches in, and you are expected to tackle challenges of any size without hesitation.

You will notice where there is a need and will hustle to fill it.

The drive to make teams stronger.

You're excited to work hard and fast to the finish line on new opportunities with a collaborative and integrated team.

You will be proactive in engaging conflict with openness, patience and respect in an environment where it is safe to lean on each other and learn from failures.

The base salary range for this position is $170,000-$221,000 per year.

Aurora's pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

Within the range, the successful candidate's starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions.

These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

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#Mid-SeniorWorking at Aurora

At Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values.

We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together — all without any jerks.

We have offices in several locations across the United States, where we encourage team and cross-functional collaboration.

Aurora offers competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits, and additional healthcare support including medical transportation reimbursement, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.

We empower our employees and their families with options to further their unique physical, mental, and financial well-being.

Our Learning and Development offerings include Aurora Academy, where our people learn, develop, and practice the essential skills that drive Aurora's mission, continually up-leveling our team along the way.

Our Careers page provides insight into career opportunities at Aurora, and you can find all the latest news on our Blog.

Safety is central to everything we do. Every employee at Aurora has a role in contributing to safety, every step of the way.

We seek candidates who take active responsibility, can contribute to building an atmosphere of trust, and invest in the organization's long-term success by working safely — no matter what.

We believe that self-driving technology has broad benefits – including increased access to transportation.

To realize those benefits, we need a workforce with diverse experiences, insights, and perspectives — a workforce that reflects the communities our technology will serve.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Aurora, every employee is empowered to take an active role in building an inclusive, collaborative, and unified culture that leverages our diverse strengths, perspectives, and backgrounds.

Transforming how the world moves people and goods involves seeking to understand backgrounds, insights, and lived experiences that differ from our own.

One way we accomplish that is with our 15 employee-led Aurora Unified Groups, which support diverse voices and drive inclusive collaboration.

We believe that teamwork, belonging, and trust motivate and support our employees to do their best work.

As our team grows, we strive to attract and retain exceptional talent that adds new perspectives and experiences and continues to drive innovation.

Learn more on our Culture Page.
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