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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Aurora
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Full Time
Posted October 22, 2025
$162k - $260k
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Job Description

A Senior Backend Software Engineer at Aurora is responsible for designing, developing, and scaling backend services and full-stack solutions that support autonomous vehicle fleet management and operations, contributing to the company's mission of advancing self-driving technology and mobility solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop backend services for fleet management and terminal operations
  • Build and maintain cloud-based systems to monitor and manage autonomous vehicle fleets
  • Implement new features and enhance existing products for fleet and terminal operations
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, infrastructure, security, and product teams
  • Ensure system scalability, high availability, and reliability of backend services
  • Integrate real-time vehicle data to support safe and efficient autonomous fleet operations
  • Contribute to team culture through mentorship, feedback, and collaboration

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • 5 or more years of industry experience in software engineering.
  • Strong backend service engineering skills using modern technologies including Golang, Python, C, gRPC, Kubernetes, and AWS.
  • Experience working with databases and caches such as Postgres and Redis.
  • Experience designing complex systems from the ground up, working closely with software, hardware, and infrastructure engineering teams.
  • Ability to build backend services running in AWS cloud used to monitor and manage the location and activity of an autonomous fleet.
  • Ability to establish technology and infrastructure to scale products with high availability and reliability.
  • Experience collaborating with stakeholders including Security, Product, Design, Safety, and Cloud Platform teams.
  • Experience sending suggestions and receiving updates from vehicles in real time to ensure safe operation of autonomous fleet.
  • Experience contributing to and evolving team culture around mentorship, feedback, collaboration, and engineering excellence.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range: 162,000 - 260,000 USD
Annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits
Work environment perks: collaborative culture, emphasis on mentorship, feedback, and engineering excellence

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