Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Compute System

Title: Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Compute System Location: Mountain View, California (HQ)

Who We Are 

Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us, that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platform: self-driving for all roads and all rides.
Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets. Powered by the Nuro Driver™, our universal autonomy platform enables the global mobility ecosystem to deploy autonomy at scale, from robotaxis and logistics fleets to personal vehicles.
With years of real-world deployment experience and a flexible, partner-led business model, Nuro is working toward a future where millions of autonomous vehicles powered by our technology help make everyday life safer, easier, and more connected.
Nuro has raised over $2B in capital from Uber, NVIDIA, Google, Softbank, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, and other leading investors

About the Role

We’re looking for senior engineers to build/scale Nuro's large-scale computing infrastructure in the cloud/data center. This system is the foundation of many critical business applications throughout the company, including but not limited to machine learning data pipelines, data discovery, simulation, and time-series multimedia log processing. In this role, you’ll be working on building a scalable, efficient and reliable system that bridges the gap between fundamental infrastructure and high-level job requests, and make large-scale computations more accessible to autonomy/other infrastructure engineers.

About the Work

• Collaborate with application teams throughout Nuro to provide robust, generic tools and APIs that accelerate their development of business critical applications.
• Optimize workload efficiency and turnaround time by deeply understanding and analyzing application context to identify inefficiencies and bottlenecks, prioritize tasks, and implement innovative solutions

About You

• You have proven experience in building and developing large-scale distributed applications (e.g. Kubernetes).
• You’re self-motivated to identify opportunities for system improvement and drive positive change.
• Ability to turn high-level requirements into a detailed, cohesive system design.
• Willingness to deeply understand application logic across Nuro and a passion for going the extra mile.
• You are highly collaborative and care about creating the best possible user experience.
• You have start-up DNA: You have demonstrated an ability to thrive in the ambiguity of a dynamic, start-up environment or have the DNA to do so
• You possess a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field or equivalent experience

Bonus Points

• Experience with database technologies (e.g., Redis, SQL, NoSQL) and pub/sub systems.
• Experience with hyperscalers, particularly Google Cloud Platform or other major providers.
• Experience with workflow management tools or map-reduce frameworks such as Apache Airflow, Buildkite, Ray, or Dataflow..
• Experience with Linux system, e.g. CPU scheduler, memory management, file systems
• Experience with data analysis, includes defining metrics, running A/B testing, and building metric dashboards.
• Experience with real-time monitoring framework like Prometheus.
• Experience with continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD)

At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected base pay range is between $176,360 and $264,540 for the level at which this job has been scoped. Your base pay will depend on several factors, including your experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.

At Nuro, we celebrate differences and are committed to a diverse workplace that fosters inclusion and psychological safety for all employees. Nuro is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and expressly prohibits any form of workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. #LI-DNP