Software Reliability Engineer, Nuro

Temporary FTE

$109.3-163.4k

+ Eligible for an annual performance bonus & equity

Python

Bash

Linux

C++

Junior, Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

4 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)

Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer

Open for applications

Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer

1001+ employees

B2BLogisticsRoboticsElectric VehiclesComputer VisionAutomationDelivery

Open for applications

$109.3-163.4k

+ Eligible for an annual performance bonus & equity

Python

Bash

Linux

C++

Junior, Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

4 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)

1001+ employees

B2BLogisticsRoboticsElectric VehiclesComputer VisionAutomationDelivery

Company mission

To better everyday life through robotics.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experience writing and shipping software with an ownership mindset and attention to how it behaves in real-world conditions
Ability to build and maintain tools and automation (Python, Go, Bash, C++)
Comfortable navigating systems remotely via SSH + CLI, and inspecting the state of a linux system and its services
Interest in reliability engineering as a growth path: you’re motivated to learn how to build distributed systems and the challenges of scaling them reliably

What the job involves

This is a 12 month temporary full-time position with full benefits and potential for extension based on performance and business needs
As a Software Reliability Engineer at Nuro, you will help design, build, and operate systems that support our autonomous vehicle platform and fleet operations. You will work across the full development lifecycle, from early design and deployment through operations and continuous improvement
You’ll join an on-call rotation to stay close to real-world operations. At its core, the role is building resilient systems through automation, observability, and operational feedback. This is an opportunity to influence how reliability is engineered into Nuro’s platform as it scales up and out across new cities
Build fleet-scale pipelines that turn noisy onboard signals into actionable, high-confidence investigations
Develop automated triage and correlation systems that deduplicate issues, route them to the right owning teams, and attach up-to-date priority signals and diagnostic context
Partner with engineering teams and subject matter experts to turn investigation outcomes into better instrumentation, automation, and signal quality over time
Build internal tools and workflows that reduce duplicate effort and increase situational awareness as the fleet scales (self-service debugging, standardized metrics, shared templates, securely scoped access)
Lead reliability investigations to identify contributing factors and ensure learnings turn into durable engineering changes

Our take

Nuro offers custom-built autonomous vehicles for the delivery of physical goods, rather than people. Its vehicles have a distinctive, futuristic, design that has not only made the vehicles noticeable from a marketing point of view, but, has also made its vehicles stand out to other road users, improving safety.

Nuro is an exciting addition to the autonomous vehicle landscape. Without a passenger inside the vehicle, it has been able to sidestep some of the safety issues that have plagued other autonomous vehicle brands. Additionally, the company has landed several high-profile partners, including Uber, Walmart, Chipotle, and Kroger.

With home deliveries at an all-time high, many companies are looking for ways to get goods to customers’ homes as fast as possible. Low-cost, efficient services such as Nuro's offering are becoming increasingly attractive. Following Series E funding in 2025, the company is focusing on growing new commercial partnerships and scaling its technology.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

-29% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Apr 2025

$203m

SERIES E

Nov 2021

$600m

SERIES D

Total funding: $2.3bn

Company benefits

Free Caltrain pass and commuter benefits
Company stock options
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance

Company HQ

Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA

Leadership

Jiajun Zhu

(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)

After an MA in Computer Science at the University of Virginia, Jiajun worked as Principal Software Engineer at Google for over 8 years. He left this role in August 2016 to co-found Nuro with Dave.

Dave Ferguson

(Co-Founder)

Experienced Robotics Engineer with stints at Google (Computer Vision and Machine Learning Lead) and Intel (Senior Research Scientist). PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.

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