Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Compute System

Nuro • Mountain View, CA

1d • $160,360 - $240,540

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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)

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, reliable frameworks: BATES to orchestrate and execute large-scale workloads in cloud and on-premise clusters.
• 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

Benefits

• At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package.
• This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior