Aurora · 3 weeks ago
Staff Software Engineer - Vehicle Data Management
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$171K/yr - $273K/yr
5+ years expAurora is a company focused on delivering self-driving technology safely and efficiently. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and scaling of data systems for their Vehicle Data Management team, working with multimodal sensor collections and autonomy simulations.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesElectric VehicleTransportation
Responsibilities
Lead design and scaling of various data systems (both on- and offline) dealing with hundreds of petabytes of multimodal sensor collections, autonomy simulations, and ML datasets
Help us improve the discoverability, throughput, and latency of our multi-modal offline data
Create internal products and best practices to help us become more efficient, transparent and innovative as we launch our commercial Aurora Driver product
Mentor and grow our engineering team with new perspectives, technologies and designs
Be a force multiplier across a diverse set of hardware and software engineers and proactively work together with stakeholders to achieve cross-departmental goals and satisfy company OKR
Qualification
Required
BS/MS or PhD in Computer Science or a related field
Minimum 5 years related experience
Required programming skills: GoLang/Python
General knowledge of backend software systems networking, load balancing, API gateways, system security, gRPC services
AWS infrastructure experience, including S3 and DynamoDB in a production commercial system
Knowledge of database design, database management and database scalability
Knowledge about workflow orchestration pipeline - Kubernetes, CI/CD tooling
Comfortable working with Cloud Native services
Comfortable with Linux/other unix environments
Preferred
Proficiencies with coding in C++
Proficiencies with Linux system
Experience with large scale distributed systems or microservice architectures
A passion for writing robust, intuitive, high-performance code, and being pragmatic about it
Ability to navigate and work efficiently in large codebase
Strong software development background demonstrated by industry experience in building platforms that serve AV development and commercialization
Benefits
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits
Company
Aurora
Aurora is building self-driving technology to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling trucks to ride-hailing passenger ones.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.19BKey Investors
UberSequoia Capital
2024-08-01Post Ipo Equity· $483M
2023-07-19Post Ipo Equity· $820M
2021-11-04Post Ipo Equity· $1.8B
Leadership Team
Chris Urmson
CEO and co-founder
David Maday
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-12-24
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