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Staff Software Engineer - Frameworks

Aurora · Seattle, WA · Remote

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About Aurora

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

Define and evolve the architecture of Aurora's AV runtime framework across on-vehicle and offline execution Design and implement high-performance, low-latency inter-module communication, including shared-memory, zero-copy IPC, and RPC Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
  • Expert-level C++ programming skills and the ability to design high-performance, thread-safe, and memory-efficient systems in a Linux environment
  • Proven experience building middleware, runtime frameworks, or distributed systems, such as pub/sub messaging, IPC, schedulers, or executors
  • Deep understanding of concurrency, memory models, and Linux systems internals (processes, threads, scheduling, shared memory)
  • Ability to work across multiple programming languages and paradigms
  • A passion for writing robust, intuitive, and pragmatic production code
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 .

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We are searching for a Staff Software Engineer to join Aurora's Autonomy Frameworks team. This team builds the robotics middleware that powers the Aurora Driver: the runtime framework that every Autonomy and Simulation application uses to communicate, execute, and interact with the vehicle platform, both on the road and offline in the cloud.

Define and evolve the architecture of Aurora's AV runtime framework across on-vehicle and offline execution

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