Senior Software Engineer, Turo
Backend Platform
$162-199k
Car sharing marketplace
Job no longer available
Car sharing marketplace
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$162-199k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Turo's mission is to put the world's cars to better use.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's/Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field
- 3+ years experience shipping highly scalable code to production
- Fluent in at least one language - e.g., Python, Ruby, Go, C, or Java
- Possess strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, database concepts, distributed systems, and search
- Strong communicator. Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support, and other engineers is no problem for you
- Enjoy solving problems and helping others meet their goals
- Curious about container orchestration systems such as kubernetes and infrastructure as code tools such as terraform
- Experience with logging, monitoring and alerting systems and tools
- Passionate about search, streaming, database or other backend technologies
What the job involves
- You will collaborate with the product engineering and devops teams to build Turo as a service that can scale infinitely
- You will build tools and systems that support our services and allow engineers to deliver high quality software
- You will produce high-quality maintainable code, test it, collaboratively review it and ship it
- You will identify areas to improve and scale our architecture and application design
- You will develop tools and utilities to diagnose and fix problems
- Ensure proper technical design and documentation
- Work efficiently in a constantly changing and growing environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are desired
Our take
Turo is the world’s largest car rental marketplace. The comparisons with AirBnb are obvious but not unfounded - ‘hosts’ make their cars available to ‘guests’ who benefit from short-term rentals without the cost of purchasing their own automobile.
The startup has reinvented the car-rental marketplace, previously dominated by incumbents like Avis. By allowing users to rent directly from the car owner themselves, Turo is bringing transparency, efficiency, and liquidity to the industry while hosts earn additional income.
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges the company needs to overcome is similar to those that plagued other major sharing-economy companies like Uber - regulation. Specifically Turo faces disputes over bad-faith hosts and from incumbent players, especially regarding airport use. Since its 2022 IPO, Turo has been eyeing further global expansion and targeting a series of strategic acquisitions and partnerships which will expand its product suite for hosts and guests alike.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Feb 2020
$30m
SERIES E
Jul 2019
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $464m
Company benefits
- Dental, and vision coverage
- Time off to volunteer
- Travel credit each month to grab a car and go explore
- 28 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Andre Haddad
(CEO, not founder)Previously worked for 10 years at eBay, holding various positions such as CEO - Shopping.com & Vice President - User Experience & Design.
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