Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Nuro

ML Infrastructure, Optimization

$193.9-352.3k

+ Annual performance bonus + Equity

Python

Tensorflow

C++

CUDA

PyTorch

Keras

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

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

Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer

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Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer

501-1000 employees

B2BLogisticsRoboticsElectric VehiclesComputer VisionAutomationDelivery

Be an early applicant

$193.9-352.3k

+ Annual performance bonus + Equity

Python

Tensorflow

C++

CUDA

PyTorch

Keras

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

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

501-1000 employees

B2BLogisticsRoboticsElectric VehiclesComputer VisionAutomationDelivery

Company mission

To better everyday life through robotics.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

3+ years of relevant experience in ML optimization infrastructure
Experience with ML optimization techniques such as quantization and pruning, and ML compilers
Experience maintaining, profiling, and optimizing GPU ML compilers & runtimes
Proficient in Python and working experience with C++ and CUDA
Working experience deep learning frameworks (like PyTorch, Jax, Tensorflow, Keras)
Proficient in Python and working experience with C++
You are passionate about accelerating the benefits of robotics for everyday life

What the job involves

The Autonomy ML Infrastructure team is responsible for building & improving the core infrastructure for autonomy teams at Nuro
In this role, you will work closely with teams across Nuro, to design, build and deploy core infrastructure components in machine learning model life cycle, to push the autonomous future forward
You will have an opportunity to work across the full stack of machine learning solutions - from designing robust and scalable model pipelines to building to deploying the optimized models on Nuro’s fleet of self-driving robots!
Optimize Nuro’s autonomy stack with cutting-edge optimization techniques like quantization, distillation, and model compression
Work with autonomy engineers to optimize, validate, and deploy large language models
Develop and maintain a world-class model compiler framework, FTL
Write robust, high quality software to increase our confidence in our vehicle’s ability to navigate safely on-road
Collaborate closely with machine learning domain experts and engineers across behavior, perception and mapping to design and implement end-to-end learned ML solutions

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, the company is focusing on growing new commercial partnerships and scaling its technology.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

-29% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

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 & Co-CEO)

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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