Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack – Aurora Services

Aurora•Pittsburgh, PA

21d•$146,000 - $234,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Aurora's mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone. At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. We are searching for a Senior Software Engineer - Aurora Services to join our team. The Aurora Services team sits at the core of Aurora's mission to scale safe autonomous driving. As we scale from operating a small fleet of vehicles to hundreds and thousands on the road, we build the core command-and-control software, real-time operator interfaces, and data tracking tools that enable seamless commercial fleet operations.

Requirements

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of industry experience in software development, with a proven track record of owning and delivering key deliverables within large-scale full-stack systems.
Hands-on proficiency across the full software lifecycle, combining core systems and architectural foundations with modern client-facing applications and data storage solutions.
Experience designing, refactoring, and maintaining REST/gRPC APIs and microservices.
Demonstrated ability to take ambiguous requirements, break them down into actionable technical plans, and execute independently.
Strong cross-functional communication skills, with experience advising interdisciplinary partners and translating operational requirements into clean software abstractions.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in real-time distributed systems, fleet management platforms, command-and-control software, or logistics/iot tracking.
Experience with cloud infrastructure and deployment tooling (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Docker).
Exposure to onboard vehicle software or C++ codebases.

Responsibilities

Own substantial full-stack software components and drive technical projects from ambiguous, high-level goals into fully defined, production-ready systems.
Play a key role in the design and evolution of the team's software products, APIs, and data pipelines to support real-time fleet operations and operator workflows.
Balance tradeoffs between short-term MVPs and scalable long-term software design, coordinating dependencies and work estimates to deliver critical operational functionality smoothly.
Establish and guide team best practices for code quality, testing, performance optimization, and documentation, actively participating in code reviews and architecture discussions.
Serve as a primary point of contact and subject matter expert for core team components, consulting with interdisciplinary teams across operations, autonomy, and cloud infrastructure to align on deliverables.
Identify bottlenecks in existing systems and independently drive meaningful improvements to overall code quality, performance, and system reliability.
Advocate for new technologies or shared infrastructure across the company and help integrate them into the team's stack while onboarding and advising peers.