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Nuro · 5 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Performance

positionMountain View, California (HQ)
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$222K/yr - $333K/yr
date7+ years exp

Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Performance team to optimize the performance of their AV software, ensuring quick and safe reactions of their vehicles to the environment. The role involves analyzing and optimizing software performance, designing systems for memory management, and collaborating with engineers to define system architecture.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesRoboticsTransportation
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Responsibilities

Analyze, profile, debug, monitoring, and optimize the performance of AV software
Design and develop systems and tools for memory management, thread prioritization, process/thread lifetime management
Work with engineers from different teams to define the system level architecture and building blocks
Build core libraries and APIs to enable autonomy engineers to write high-performance code
Drive and encourage best practices within the team and the rest of the organization

Qualification

C++Performance optimizationComputer architectureMulti-threaded programmingPerformance profiling toolsGPU programmingLow level driver optimizationROS

Required

Strong system fundamentals and proficiency in C++
Expertise in computer architecture and operating systems
Experience developing in a highly-concurrent, multi-processor, and multi-threaded environment
Experience with performance optimizations and software porting across a variety of compute architectures - like x86, ARM, GPUs, SoCs
Experience with performance profiling tools such as perf, VTune, BPF, Nvidia Nsight Systems
7+ years of relevant industry experience
BS, MS or PhD in CS, or related technical field

Preferred

Experience with GPU programming (e.g. CUDA, OpenCL) and low level driver optimization for Nvidia GPUs
Experience with Nvidia DriveOS or ROS

Benefits

Annual performance bonus
Equity
Competitive benefits package

Company

Nuro

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Nuro is a robotics company specializing in the development of autonomous driving technologies.
dateFounded in 2016
location
Mountain View, California, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
https://nuro.ai

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$2.34B
Key Investors
Disney AcceleratorTiger Global ManagementT. Rowe Price
2025-08-21Series E· $97M
2025-04-09Series E· $106M
2024-04-06Secondary Market

Leadership Team

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Jiajun Zhu
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
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Dave Ferguson
Co-Founder
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