TLM, Site Reliability Engineering and Critical Applications

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 Tech Lead Manager to join Aurora’s Offboard Software Reliability Engineering team. The Software Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is responsible for our metrics, monitoring, alerting, and SLO tracking systems as well as our incident management solution and defining our SRE processes at Aurora. 

In this role, you will

•  Actively work to build the tooling, people, and process which define what SRE at Aurora means
• Mentor, lead, and grow the Software Reliability Engineering Software team.
• Own and shape the strategic vision of what SRE means at Aurora.  
• Work with teams across our engineering organization and help them to implement industry standard SRE principles in support of our first product.
• Design and/or guide the design of SLI/SLO/SLA tracking systems in order to best support our customers both internal and external. 
• Build scalable monitoring, alerting and metrics systems that ensure support and platform software engineers have the information needed to make informed decisions.
• Strong understanding of applying SRE practices to both commercial SaaS offerings and in-house developed services and processing pipelines

 

Required Qualifications

• Experience building and deploying production systems through various phases of maturity from POC to MVP to large customer base. 
• Experience with Metrics, Monitoring and Alerting Systems. 
• Experience with Linux based Operating Systems. 
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, etc.)
• Experience in cloud computing environments (AWS, GCP, etc). 
• Demonstrated strong programming skills in Python, C++, and/or Go
• Solid problem-solving and troubleshooting skills 
• Previous leadership and management experience.

 

Desirable Qualifications 

•  Prior SRE experience. 
• Prior Experience in the AV industry.
• Familiarity with eBPF or other continuous profiling of distributed systems
• Experience with OpenTelemetry and tracing of distributed systems

The base salary range for this position is $189,000-$245,000 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.

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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 healthcare support including medical transportation reimbursement, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits. We empower our employees and their families with options to further their unique physical, mental, and financial well-being.

Our Learning and Development offerings include Aurora Academy, where our people learn, develop, and practice the essential skills that drive Aurora’s mission, continually up