Rivian · 1 month ago
Senior Cloud Software Engineer in Test
US-CA-Palo Alto
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$147K/yr - $184K/yr
5+ years expRivian is a technology company focused on electric vehicles and automotive solutions, seeking a Senior Cloud Software Engineer in Test. In this role, you will play a key part in the quality assurance of cloud services, mobile applications, and vehicle firmware, while designing and implementing automation frameworks and collaborating with various teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Designing and developing internal tools to test cloud and cloud service, but also extend to vehicle firmware, mobile app, and web app. Such as automation framework for web or mobile, API Testing Framework, JMeter for performance testing, vehicle simulator, software to control hardware or Raspberry Pi, RF (BLE, UWB), and IOT devices
Own the test automation strategy across service, integration, and end-to-end layers for VMS microservices and data flows
Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks for API, event-driven, and contract testing that run locally and in CI/CD
Develop reliable, hermetic test environments using containers and infrastructure-as-code for reproducible results
Implement quality gates and test analytics within CI/CD to enforce release criteria and shorten feedback loops
Design non-functional testing (performance, load, soak, resilience, and chaos) aligned to service SLOs and customer scenarios
Champion observability-driven testing using logs, metrics, traces, and synthetic checks to detect regressions early
Lead data-driven test design and synthetic data seeding for realistic, privacy-safe scenarios
Define and automate service contracts and consumer-driven contracts to protect integrations across services
Collaborate with engineers to make services more testable through fixtures, mocks, fakes, and feature flags
Create release validation playbooks and automate smoke and canary verifications for safe, incremental rollouts
Mentor peers on testing best practices, code reviews for testability, and continuous improvement of quality processes
Collaborating with the product and the development teams to create test strategies, test plans and test cases for app features. Ensuring quality and performance of application to specifications
Identifying potential problems and working with developers to resolve application bottlenecks. Supporting failure analysis and root cause analysis for test and integration issues
Architecting, building and maintaining electronic parts and equipment on test benches and test vehicles – RxT and RxS
Growing your skills with continual learning, workshops, conferences, and talks
This position requires hands-on physical interaction with the hardware and the Rivian vehicles in the office
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master degree in Computer Science or Software/Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
5+ year hands-on experience on software development or test cycle
3+ year hands-on experience on software test cycle including test strategies, test plans and test cases from low level to high level software. Familiar with the test pyramid
Strong proficiency in test automation using a modern language such as Python, Java, or TypeScript
Hands-on experience testing cloud-native systems on AWS, GCP, or Azure, including containerized services
Expertise in API testing for REST and gRPC, including schema validation and negative/edge-case coverage
Solid understanding of CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI) and integrating tests into pipelines
Practical knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for running tests and managing ephemeral environments
Experience with observability (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) applied to test and release validation
Proven ability to design performance and resilience tests using tools such as k6, Locust, or JMeter
Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, including timeouts, retries, backoff, and eventual consistency
Clear, collaborative communication with cross-functional partners and a bias for automation and simplification
Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment
Organized, willing to share and guide others to improve, proactive
Passion to take software from development to a verified product
Preferred
Experience with event streaming ecosystems such as Kafka, Kinesis, or Pub/Sub and consumer testing
Familiarity with contract testing frameworks like Pact or schema-first API development with OpenAPI/Protobuf
Infrastructure-as-code with Terraform or Helm for reproducible test environments
Test data management and synthetic data generation for complex, multi-entity scenarios
Security testing fundamentals and integrating SAST/DAST/SCA into CI/CD
Automated canary analysis and release strategies like blue/green and progressive delivery
Experience with feature flags and experimentation platforms to isolate changes and accelerate safe iteration
Have experience with hardware (test bench)
Benefits
Robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26.
Full Time Employee coverage is effective on the first day of employment.
Part-Time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment.
Company
Rivian
Rivian is an automotive technology company that develops products and services to advance the shift to sustainable mobility.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$21.93BKey Investors
Volkswagen GroupUS Department of EnergyIllinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
2025-06-30Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2024-11-25Post Ipo Debt· $6.6B
2024-05-02Grant· $827M
Leadership Team
Robert Scaringe
Chief Executive Officer
Claire McDonough
Chief Financial Officer
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