Team background: Our team owns the inner loop development experience at Cruise, from configuring cloud-based development environments, and hosting source code, to orchestrating code events, and defining the workflow for code search, coverage, and review. This consists of a combination of self-hosted vendor tools, as well as various in-house tools that streamline the code authoring inner loop for developers at Cruise.
Mission: To improve the Developer Productivity of engineers at Cruise through tools and services that streamline/automate their development workflows.
Role: We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with an extensive engineering background, with 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.
What you'll be doing:
Ship improvements to our AV development toolchains and services which have a measurable and direct impact on engineering productivity and our core company metrics
Identify engineering pain points and propose/design/implement solutions that are reliable, scalable, and maintainable
Influence the team's technical roadmap
Evaluate new tools and technologies through PoCs
Drive Software Engineering best practices both within your team and across the company, and create tooling which encourages these
Mentor and grow engineers on the team
What you must have:
4+ years experience designing, building, and operating highly reliable production systems in the cloud
Experience writing Go and grpc, or a desire to learn
Attention to detail, and a desire to improve processes & systems around you
Ability to lead and influence others, both internal and external to the team
Ability to research, document, communicate, and defend proposals and take critical feedback
Ability to effectively make trade-offs and communicate the reasoning
Passion for mentoring and growing junior developers
Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world
Bonus Points!
Experience working with GCP
Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience owning or contributing to Open Source projects
The salary range for this position is $178,500 - $210,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.