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Staff Software Engineer - Data Curation

Aurora
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Full Time
Posted December 18, 2025
$171k - $273k
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Job Description

The Staff Software Engineer - Vehicle Data Management at Aurora is responsible for designing, optimizing, and implementing scalable cloud-based data systems for autonomous vehicle sensor data, working with large datasets and cross-functional teams to enhance data management and system performance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work with large-scale datasets from optical, lidar, and radar modalities and manage storage systems like S3.
  • Optimize and continuously improve data systems and processes with SLO and SLA considerations.
  • Design, implement, and test scalable distributed data frameworks in cloud environments.
  • Develop user interfaces and APIs to enable end-users to manage and optimize data.
  • Collaborate with hardware and software engineers and stakeholders to achieve cross-departmental goals and company OKRs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Minimum of 3 years of related experience in software engineering or a similar role.
  • Proficiency in programming with GoLang and Python.
  • General knowledge of backend software systems including networking, load balancing, API gateways, system security, and gRPC services.
  • Experience working with AWS infrastructure, including S3 and DynamoDB, in a production commercial system.
  • Knowledge of database design, database management, and database scalability.
  • Knowledge of workflow orchestration pipelines such as Kubernetes and CI/CD tooling.
  • Comfortable working with Cloud Native services.
  • Proficiency with Linux and other Unix environments.
  • Ability to work with datasets at PB scale of optical, lidar, and radar modalities and abstraction layers of storage systems like S3.
  • Experience in designing and optimizing user interfaces that enable end-users to manage and optimize data through APIs.
  • Ability to optimize systems and processes with SLO and SLA considerations in mind.
  • Strong software development background demonstrated by industry experience in building platforms that serve autonomous vehicle development and commercialization.

Benefits & Perks

Base salary range: $171,000.00 - $273,000.00 per year
Annual bonus eligibility
Equity compensation
Hybrid work environment with in-office presence at least 3 days per week

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