Software Engineer 2

Rivian•Palo Alto, CA

About The Position

Rivian’s Commercial Technology Team is responsible for the end-to-end implementation of the digital experience outside the vehicle. That’s all of our customer and internal applications across web, mobile, and in-store experiences. To that end, we are developing a world-class technology platform that will make learning about, purchasing, and enjoying our electric adventure vehicles intuitive, seamless, and fun. As a Full Stack Engineer, we want you to join our diverse, talented, and collaborative group, building large-scale client-side applications using modern micro-frontends and micro-services. You will contribute to the creation of reusable frameworks and tooling, pushing for modularity and continuous integration and delivery. You will partner with other engineers, designers, and product managers to build these friendly and memorable experiences for our internal and external customers. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing team early on and help grow our digital technology platform's technical foundation.

Requirements

2+ years of software engineering industry experience, ideally building large scale enterprise-grade systems.
Experience building and maintaining distributed systems at scale that can handle millions of transactions/second.
Proficiency with full-stack JavaScript/TypeScript development (NodeJS/ExpressJS).
Proficiency with JavaScript/ES6, Webpack, React, Jest.
Proficiency with AWS Lambdas or other serverless compute services.
Proficiency with HTML5, SASS/LESS, Rest APIs, JSON, HTTP.
Experience in building REST and/or GraphQL APIs.
Experience defining and implementing integration and end-to-end testing strategies and frameworks.
Experience with JEST, Mocha, and Cypress.io.
Great understanding of Web Accessibility.
Great understanding of caching, security, and privacy considerations.
Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with cross-browser and cross-platform debugging.
Clear and compelling communication of your thoughts and ideas.
Experience with Agile and SCRUM in the software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

Create client-side applications along the vehicle customer journey, from the moment the customer takes the keys, to their experience when charging, to when their vehicle needs service.
Collaborate with UX/UI designers and product designers to build user-friendly, immersive, reactive applications.
Collaborate with data systems engineers to help define the endpoint integration needs of your team.
Come together with your peers to share ideas, ask why with an open and curious mind, learn from each other’s diverse perspectives, and deliver great work as a team.
Develop, unit test, and document performant code, ensuring efficient browser memory usage and fast load time.
Define and help grow our end-to-end testing strategy and frameworks.
Help define the architectural vision of the team.
Mentor other engineers, helping them learn and improve their technical skills.