Software Engineer II, Test Drive

Aurora Innovation • Pittsburgh, PA

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About The Position

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 Software Engineer II, Test Drive . Role/Team overview: Test Drive team as a Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in the development and validation of autonomous driving technology. Our team is at the forefront of building the critical tools, robust data pipelines, and scalable infrastructure . This role will be measured by how productive our entire organization is. You straddle the line between front-end and back-end development with advanced knowledge in multiple frameworks and languages. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing and implementing a robust, integrated, and user-friendly platform that serves as the backbone of Aurora’s offline testing workflows. This challenging and rewarding work is absolutely essential for generating the high-quality, diverse data needed to thoroughly validate and continuously optimize the Aurora Driver's planning behavior. Your contributions will directly impact our ability to scale the Aurora Driver safely and efficiently, bringing the future of autonomous transportation closer to reality. We are looking for passionate and skilled software engineers who are eager to tackle complex problems and contribute to a mission-critical component of Aurora's success. Success in this role requires a value for design, a commitment to fast learning, and strong teamwork. You will be expected to quickly adapt to new technologies, understand the full web stack, and take ownership of shipping impactful results.

Requirements

• Experience with cloud automation, data and test automation
• Experience with modern programming languages such as Python, Golang, or Typescript.
• Experience with cloud offerings such as AWS or GCP.
• Experience with cloud storages such as S3, Postgres and Redis.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Distributed Systems and Concurrency.
• Experience in Scaling Data Pipelines through Observability and Traceability.
• Experience in Self Driving / Autonomy Driving.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop a platform for validating off-board autonomy software.
• Develop tools for increasing the development speed of building and evaluating autonomy software.
• Build highly scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant services that support our unique rate-of-growth requirements
• Develop tools for introspection, visualization, and performance analysis of autonomy systems.
• Improve the performance of autonomy systems through architectural and algorithmic optimizations
• Collaborate with stakeholders including Autonomy Engineers, Test Engineers, Product, Cloud Platform and Safety to ensure timely delivery of validation data set.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees