Senior Software Engineer - Autonomy Data: Labels Platform

Who We Are

Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling semi-trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, its driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Toyota, FedEx, Volvo Trucks, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, U.S. Xpress, Werner, Covenant, Schneider, and Ryder. For Aurora’s latest news, visit aurora.tech and @aurora_inno on Twitter.

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Senior Software Engineer - Autonomy Data: Labels Platform

Our team is responsible for production services supporting high volume data labeling operations. We also provide data models and service interfacing supporting a variety of autonomy data consumers. Autonomy performance is directly dependent on data quality, selection, and volume. On this team you will have opportunities to work on projects that are mission-critical for the company. You will also have the opportunity to develop innovative industry-leading ML Ops solutions. Aurora is uniquely positioned to lead in this space due to its end-to-end data collection, labeling, model training and evaluation toolchain.

In this role, you will

• Apply production best practices to ensure platform reliability
• Feature development for new labeling applications
• Collaborate across teams and functions (product, program, operations, data science) to drive projects from inception to delivery
• Apply ML Ops best practices to design processes for improving data coverage and quality

Required Qualifications

• BS / MS / PhD degree in Computer Science or a related field
• For non-CS majors or BS candidates, strong software experience (4+ years in industry)
• Expertise with production backend services (Cloud, Kubernetes, DevOps)
• Experience with C++ and Python

Desirable Qualifications 

• Relevant domain knowledge: data annotation, autonomous driving, computer vision, robotics, mapping, numerical computing, 3D graphics
• Specific technology: AWS, Terraform, Bazel, Docker, Kubernetes, gRPC, SQL, Elasticsearch
• Supplementary programming languages: Golang, Typescript

The base salary range for this position is $144,000-$216,000 per year.  Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

Aurora offers medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, and disability insurance.  Aurora also provides a 401k plan, various wellness benefits, family planning benefits, FSA and commuter benefits, and professional development resources.  The successful candidate may take flexible/reasonable vacation, will receive 11 paid company holidays per year, may take reasonable sick time, and is eligible for paid parental leave.   The successful candidate will also receive an equity grant in the form of restricted stock units and/or stock options (subject to vesting requirements), as well as the opportunity to earn an annual bonus.  Relocation assistance may be provided where applicable.  A further description of available benefits can be found here. 

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Working at Aurora

At Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together — all without any jerks.

We have offices in several locations across the United States, where we encourage team and cross-functional collaboration. Aurora offers competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits, and additional he