Senior Software Engineer, Cruise
CI Infrastructure
$142.8-210k
Self-driving vehicles
Job no longer available
Self-driving vehicles
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$142.8-210k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a better world by deploying driverless cars at scale.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years experience designing, building and operating production systems at scale in the cloud
- Experience designing highly scalable, reliable, and maintainable services
- Experience writing Go, Python, or other language at production scale
- Understanding of Unix/Linux, SSH, and networking fundamentals
- Attention to detail, and a desire to improve processes and systems around you
- Ability to research, document, communicate, and defend proposals
- Ability to take both technical and professional feedback
- Ability to effectively make trade-offs and communicate the reasoning
- Ability to manage competing priorities, focus on shipping, and work effectively under pressure
- Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world
Desirable
- Experience working with GCP
- Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience owning or contributing to Open Source projects
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Engineer with an extensive engineering background, experience using a variety of developer tools and technologies, and who is passionate about developer productivity
- As a leader on this team, we are looking for someone who cares deeply about the technical development of other engineers on the team and is able to effectively balance the needs and priorities of the business, our users, and the growth of our engineers
- The way this engineer will deliver impact may vary depending on the situation but they will be expected to deliver complete solutions to existing problems from ideation to production and effectively communicate with stakeholders
- Propose/design/implement solutions that are reliable, scalable, and maintainable
- Ship improvements to our AV development toolchains and services which have a measurable and direct impact on engineering productivity and our core company metrics
- Drive software engineering best practices within your team
- Contribute to the engineering culture on the team
- Provide input to help the team find the right balance between delivering impact and addressing technical debt
- Set the example for high levels of accountability
- Execute and deliver impact both individually and through the team
Our take
The taxi industry has seen dramatic changes through mobile vehicle-hailing apps such as Uber, but these services focus simply on ease-of-access to regular taxi services. The automotive industry has seen a vast range of innovations in recent years such as electric cars and self-driving capability, features that are currently not found in existing services.
Cruise brings self-driving autonomy and electric cars together into a taxi-hailing mobile application. In addition to these innovations, the service focuses on efficiency through ride-sharing as opposed to each ride providing a single trip. Whilst other taxi-hailing services will inevitably turn to electric self-driving vehicles, Cruise shows potential to stand out through its AI-fuelled focus on carpooling and fleet efficiency.
Cruise, which has been acquired by General Motors, has received an inordinate amount of funding, including from Honda and Microsoft, with Softbank investing over $2B to scale its technology. A sum of this came after Cruise launched a limited driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco. However, the company is now facing lawsuits from the city to limit its operations there after a series of accidents involving Cruise's vehicles.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Jun 2024
$850m
LATE VC
Feb 2022
$1.3bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $9.1bn
Company benefits
- Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and life insurance
- Subsidized mental health benefits
- One Medical membership
- Flexible Spending Account
- Monthly wellness stipend
- 401(k) match
- Paid time off: vacation, sick, public health emergency, jury duty, bereavement and company holidays
- Paid parental, family care and medical leave
- Family care benefits: fertility benefits, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (subsidized by Cruise)
- Non-remote employees: Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan, healthy meals and snacks
- CruiseFlex - a working policy for US-Based Cruisers that lets you and your manager find what working style is best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home or a combination of home and in-office time
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Craig Glidden
(CEO (Not Founder))Is also currently the Executive Vice President of General Motors in its Legal wing.
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