# Staff Software Engineer - Frameworks at Aurora

- Company: Aurora
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://aurora.tech/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $171K to $273K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-02
- Apply by: 2026-12-17
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aurora-operations-inc/85f33fba-dbe3-4d55-a079-6f82f9785385?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/aurora-staff-software-engineer-frameworks/

## 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

Tags: Software Engineering

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