We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work. 

Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Design and implement efficient, scalable, and reliable backend systems that support our fleet management initiatives

• Collaborate with product owners, designers, and other engineers to develop new features and functionality

• Develop and maintain APIs that support both internal and external customers

• Write high-quality code that is well-documented, thoroughly tested, and maintainable

• Develop and maintain frontend applications that provide a rich user experience

• Own the technical design and architecture of projects within our domain

• Take a role in driving tech initiatives, technical design and architecture, planning, and delivery of our initiatives

• Mentor other engineers on the team, and provide feedback on code and architecture reviews

• Participate in on-call rotation to ensure that our services are highly available and performant

• Own deployed code to our live production fleet of autonomous vehicles

What you must have: 

• MS or Ph.D. in CS, Math, Physics, or equivalent real-world experience.

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, with a focus on backend development and a microservices architecture

• Broad knowledge of cloud computing platforms like GCP and Azure, API design and deployment (Real-time, REST, GraphQL), distributed systems, SOA and/or microservice-based architectures, datastores types and their tradeoffs, compute deployment strategies including serverless, common security vulnerabilities and mitigation, and web frontend development tech such as React

• Experience with software development best practices, including testing, code reviews, and agile development methodologies

• Excellent written communication skills. Your ideas, feedback, key decisions, and technical designs will be shared with other senior engineers, partners, and the company's leadership.

• Strong product sense. You are aware of the value proposition of the products you are building and can drive informed decision-making around what should be built or bought and why.

• A passion for self-driving technology and its impact on the world

Bonus points!

• Experience in fleet management, fulfillment, dispatch, or logistics systems.

• Experience in the autonomous vehicle or rideshare industry

• Expertise with Go and Typescript

The salary range for this position is $139,000 - $204,300. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.

Why Cruise?

• Our benefits are here to support the whole you:

• Competitive salary and benefits 
• 401(k) Cruise matching program 
• Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
• Subsidized mental health benefits
• Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
• Healthy meals and snacks available for non-remote employees
• Paid parental, jury duty, bereavement, family care, and medical leave
• Fertility Benefits
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Flexible Spending Account 
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
• CruiseFlex, a working policy for US-Based Cruisers, lets you and your manager find the working style that’s best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home, or a combination of home and in-office time. - learn more about CruiseFlex here