Job Description
The Senior Staff Backend Tech Lead at Aurora is responsible for designing and building scalable cloud backend services and APIs to support autonomous vehicle fleet management and partner integrations, leading technical strategy, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enable safe, efficient, and large-scale autonomous mobility operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead design and implementation of solutions for autonomous vehicle fleet management and partner API integrations.
- Architect and develop scalable cloud backend services, APIs, and data pipelines for fleet operations.
- Add new features and develop new products to improve commercial fleet operations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, Autonomy, and Operations to deliver solutions.
- Mentor and grow senior engineers, promote engineering excellence through code reviews and design discussions.
- Translate operational data and autonomy metrics into actionable insights via operator-facing tools and APIs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 8 years of industry experience in software development, with a proven track record of designing, building, and operating large-scale backend systems.
- Deep expertise in cloud backend development, including scalable web services, distributed systems, and modern API design.
- Experience working with Product Management and UI/UX Design teams to define and deliver features that impact end users at scale.
- Proficiency with cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices such as AWS, Kubernetes, Elasticache, CI/CD, and monitoring alerting systems.
- Experience building large-scale gRPC services in Golang.
- Experience in a leadership role, including driving technical strategy, influencing architectural decisions, and mentoring senior engineers.
- Experience defining technical roadmaps and driving long-term strategic projects that span multiple engineering teams.
- Phenomenal communication skills, including the ability to write effective technical specifications, provide feedback, translate technical concepts into lay terms, and incorporate feedback.
- Ability to work with a self-starter mentality, balancing speed and quality, and delivering responsible and sustainable products.
- Willingness to collaborate openly, practice empathy, kindness, and foster a culture of engineering excellence.
Benefits & Perks
Base salary range: 212,000 - 340,000 USD
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits (unspecified)
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