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Original Job Post

Cruise · 2 days ago

Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$167K/yr - $245K/yr

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Identify engineering pain points and propose/design/implement solutions that are reliable, scalable, and maintainable

Influence the team’s technical roadmap

Evaluate new tools and technologies through PoCs

Ship improvements to our AV development toolchains and services which have a measurable and direct impact on engineering productivity and our core company metrics

Drive software engineering best practices both within your team and across the company, and create tooling which encourages these

Help steer the engineering culture on the team

Guide the team to find the right balance between delivering impact and addressing technical debt

Mentor and grow engineers on the team and across the organization

Set the example for high levels of accountability

Execute and deliver impact both individually and through the team

Set strong boundaries when selecting external requests and pushing back on requests that do not align with our team vision

Qualification

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Cloud systems designScalabilityService designProgramming GoProgramming PythonUnix/LinuxDocumentationProposal defenseShipping focusSelf-driving technologyProblem-solvingAttention to detailLeadershipCommunicationAdaptabilityMentoringPassionGCPDockerKubernetesOpen Source projects

Required

7+ years experience designing, building and operating production systems at scale in the cloud.

Experience designing highly scalable, reliable, and maintainable services.

Experience writing Go, Python, or other language at production scale

Understanding of Unix/Linux, SSH, and networking fundamentals

Attention to detail, and a desire to improve processes and systems around you

Ability to lead and influence others, both internal and external to the team

Ability to research, document, communicate, and defend proposals and take critical feedback

Ability to effectively make trade-offs and communicate the reasoning

Ability to manage competing priorities, focus on shipping, and work effectively under pressure

Passion for mentoring and growing junior developers

Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world

Preferred

Experience working with GCP

Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes

Experience owning or contributing to Open Source projects

Benefits

Medical / dental / vision, Life and AD&D

Subsidized mental health benefits

Paid time off and holidays

Paid parental, medical, family care, and military leave of absence

401(k) Cruise matching program

Fertility benefits

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

Flexible Spending Account & Health Saving Account

Perks Wallet program for benefits/perks

Pre-tax Commuter benefit plan for local employees

CruiseFlex, our location-flexible work policy. (Learn more about CruiseFlex)

Company

Cruise

Glassdoor

3.2

Cruise is building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles.

Founded in 2013

San Francisco, California

1,001-5,000 employees

http://getcruise.com/

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