Step inside the world of self-driving freight, powered by the Aurora Driver. Delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. Backed by Greylock, Index and Lightspeed.
About the role
Hands-On Engineering Leadership: Proven experience as a "player-coach" who balances team management with technical contribution—regularly conducting thorough code reviews, writing production code for complex or high-impact architecture, and establishing high standards for engineering quality.
What they're looking for
- Modern Tooling & Agentic AI Leadership: Track record of driving continuous engineering evolution by guiding and upskilling teams on adopting modern developer tooling and agentic coding workflows
- Enterprise Delivery & API Integrations: Demonstrated experience delivering external, customer-facing software and production API integrations, including managing enterprise rollouts with real-world users
- People Management & Mentorship: Proven capability to recruit, hire, manage, and mentor a team of 5–10 software engineers through regular 1:1s, performance management, technical guidance, and long-term career path development
- Strategic Vision & Cross-Functional Partnership: Strong experience defining technical roadmaps and driving cross-team projects in close collaboration with Product Management, UI/UX Design, and domain stakeholders
- Bias for Action & Execution: A strong preference for action and good technical judgment, with a demonstrated ability to balance shipping speed with architectural stability and operational sustainability
- Experience in transportation, logistics, or other time-sensitive operations
More about this role
Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.
The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.
At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn .
We are searching for an exceptional Senior Staff Tech Lead Manager to join the Aurora Services Engineering team and take on a critical leadership role in building Aurora's suite of fleet management tools.
The Aurora Services Engineering team creates solutions—including backend services, web apps, mobile apps, and real-time onboard code—that enable commercial operation of autonomous vehicle fleets at scale. Our mission is to build the software that drives the commercial side of our platform, such as assigning work to autonomous vehicles, providing remote support, managing fleets, and ingesting orders from enterprise customers. As Aurora prepares to massively scale its fleet and integrate with major...
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