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.

ABOUT THE TEAM

• This role is working on the Ridehail product, helping us meet the company's 2024 expansion goals.

• You will work on a full-stack team that owns the entire lifecycle for the customer; onboarding, on-trip experience, payments, user profiles, ratings and review, and much much more.

• On the back-end, you will work on the services that power that user experience, including scaling those services to 100x our current scale.

• You will have the opportunity to build new services, do load testing, apply distributed data architecture, and use a modern tech stack like K8s, GCP, spanner, and Temporal.

• You will be working closely with Infrastructure, Product, SRE, In-Car Experience, and many other cross-functional groups, to build a world-class service.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Forge strong partnerships with Product Managers and Frontend Engineers, blending your backend insights with their feature ideas to design the best solutions for the business.

• Work as a team to do load testing, identify scaling bottlenecks, and apply best-in-class practices to scale the Ridehail product to 100x scale.

• Apply your existing cloud and scaling experience, and learn new skills, as we build services, implement pub/sub queues, move to Spanner, implement Temporal, and many other massive-scaling initiatives. 

• Use your amazing communication skills to articulate critical engineering problems and proposed solutions, to get buy-in from leadership.

• Lead projects through all stages, from inception to deployment, using agile development, cross-functional engagement, documentation, engineering best practices, and consumer validation.

• Mentor other engineers, fostering a high-quality technical standard across the team, and learn from Cruise’s amazing Staff, Principle, and Distinguished engineers. 

• Write clear and efficient technical documentation to align the business and knowledge-share across engineering.

• Efficiently troubleshoot and debug code across our ridehail experiences to ensure a seamless user experience.

• Continuously adopt new technologies, tools, and best practices to boost team efficiency and product quality.

BONUS POINTS:

• Experience developing backend services for mobile applications (Android or iOS)

• Experience working across a tech stack with React and Redux

• Experience with distributed data messaging (PubSub, Kafka, etc.)

• Familiarity with K8s, GCP, Spanner, Temporal

• Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in software development, with at least 2 years of experience development using TypeScript.

• BS in Computer Science, Math, Physics, etc, or equivalent real-world experience.

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
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