Staff Software Engineer, Platform

Turo is the world’s largest car sharing marketplace where you can book the perfect car for wherever you’re going from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and France. Whether you're flying in from afar or looking for a car down the street, searching for a rugged truck or something smooth and swanky, Turo puts you in the driver's seat of an extraordinary selection of cars shared by local hosts.

About the team:

We are looking for brilliant software engineers who have a passion for consumer products and want to join an energetic team that is changing the way people think about travel. We ship code daily, A/B test extensively, and have a primary role in creating the product from inception to implementation. There’s much to do, and you’ll be responsible for making some real cool stuff happen.

Our APIs, internal services, and web app are at the core of our stable of software that’s reinventing mobility. Be a member of a team of talented engineers and designers and play a major role in shaping an exciting app that’s changing how people travel and think about car ownership.

Learn more about our Engineering team here: https://www.beforeyouapply.com/team/engineering-at-turo

What you will do:

• Collaborate with product engineering and devops teams to develop Turo into a scalable service.
• Make sure our engineers have an awesome time developing—help them move faster and smoother from onboarding to launching services and products, with built-in observability.
• Generate maintainable, high-quality code, conduct thorough testing, engage in collaborative code reviews, and oversee the shipping process.
• Identify opportunities for enhancing and scaling our architecture and application design.
• Create tools and utilities for diagnosing and resolving issues within the system
• Ensure proper technical design and documentation.
• Operate effectively in a dynamic and expanding environment, adapting to constant change, where fluid processes and creative solutions are valued.
• Apply your skills to elevate the technical standards and provide guidance on architectural decisions
• Lead significant projects and concurrently provide mentorship to fellow team engineers.

Your profile:

• 7+ years experience shipping high-scale code to production.
• Fluent in at least one language - e.g., Java, Python, Ruby, Go, or C
• Possess strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, database concepts, distributed systems, and search.
• Strong communicator. Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support, and other engineers is no problem for you.
• Enjoy solving problems and helping others meet their goals.
• Experience with logging, monitoring and alerting systems and tools.
• Passionate about search, streaming, database or other backend technologies.

Bonus if you have:

• Bachelor's/Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field
• Curious about container orchestration systems such as kubernetes and infrastructure as code tools such as terraform.

The Austin base salary target range for this full-time position is $157,000 - $196,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in Austin, TX. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your work location during the hiring process.

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Benefits

• Competitive salary, equity, benefits, and perks for all full-time employees
• Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (Country specific)
• Retirement employer match
• $2,000 Learning & Development stipend to invest in your professional development
• $1,000 USD Turo host matching and $1,500 USD vehicle reimbur