Staff Tech Lead - Cloud Infrastructure

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 Staff Software Engineer, TLM to join Aurora’s Cloud team. The Cloud team is responsible for building and maintaining Aurora’s cloud infrastructure and development platform.

In this role, you will

• Lead a team responsible for automated deployment of applications to secure production environments
• Build developer-facing tooling and infrastructure that creates developer happiness and improves development velocity
• Define, document and build ‘golden paths’ for teams to build services in a scalable, secure way
• Work with teams across the company to gather requirements, gather support and drive projects forward

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years demonstrated experience shipping commercial products and services, preferably in Go
• Experience designing and implementing services in Go, Python or C++
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines, using tools like ArgoCD and Spinnaker
• Deep experience with Kubernetes. You’ve built custom controllers and/or operators to solve automation problems
• Experience leading a small team of infrastructure engineers

Desirable Qualifications

• Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS preferred)
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform
• Managed ingress solutions (Ambassador, Envoy, Istio, etc)
• Experience with Developer Platforms at mid-size or larger organizations
• AV industry experience

The base range for this position is $189,000 - $302,000.  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-leveling our team along the way. Our Careers page provides insight into career opportunities at Aurora, and you can find all the latest news on our Blog.