Senior Software Engineer (Backend Simulation)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Backend): Design, develop, test, and maintain C++ software systems for real-world event and incident response in autonomous driving with an accent on distributed systems, tooling, and infrastructure. Focus on building mission-critical tools to scale operations, collaborating with product and UX teams, and shipping solutions to novel problems in a fast-paced environment.

Location: Onsite in San Francisco, California (US locations)

Salary Range: $204,000—$259,000 USD

Company

Autonomous driving technology company building the hirify.global Driver for fully autonomous ride-hail service and other vehicle platforms.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain C++ software systems, tooling, and infrastructure for real-world event and incident response.
• Build and evolve mission-critical tools and systems to scale and serve new markets.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, and other engineering teams to develop systems and processes as business needs evolve.
• Ship solutions to novel problems in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of experience in backend development.
• Experience with backend coding languages: C++, Python, and/or Java.
• Experience with design for distributed systems.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Professional experience developing modern C++ production software.
• Familiarity with Google infrastructure (e.g. Borg, Protocol Buffers, Spanner).
• Experience with engineering artifacts, reliability monitoring and alerting, documentation, integration testing, production hygiene, and support processes.
• Experience working in cross-functional environments with non-technical stakeholders.

Culture & Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus program.
• Equity incentive plan.
• Generous company benefits program, subject to eligibility.