Staff Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure

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 seeking an experienced and highly motivated Staff Software Engineer to lead a new team dedicated to stabilizing and modernizing our Offline Testing Infrastructure (OTI). OTI is a critical, shared middle-layer infrastructure that underpins our PR testing, test creation, and Verification & Validation (V&V) efforts.

This is a high-impact, high-urgency role focused on improving the velocity of our engineering teams and the reliability of our release cycles. The successful candidate will build and lead a small, focused team to transition OTI to a stable, performant, and scalable platform.

In this role you will

• Lead the OTI Team: Serve as the technical lead (TL) for the OTI team within PIE-Compute, driving the strategic vision, execution, and long-term stability of the core infrastructure.
• Help Define and Optimize the Testing Ecosystem: 
  • Lead the design of the next-generation offline testing architecture to meet diverse team needs, reducing redundancy and siloing across the organization.
  • Partner with Test Creation and Test Drive teams to standardize end-to-end test execution and reporting (Creation -> Execution -> Reporting).
  • Refine the full test lifecycle to ensure performance and scalability, and maintain clear attribution of failures to enhance reliability and efficient debugging.
• Own Critical OTI Components and Migrations:
  • Take ownership of the shared OTI components, including maintenance and on-call support
  • Own various offline test Modalities, including step code, workflow code, and general health.
  • Lead the maintenance and development of common OTI tooling, including launching test evaluations, polling APIs, communicating results, and providing recommended pipeline templates.
• Establish Architecture and Best Practices:
  • Define and enforce data management policies for the testing ecosystem (storage, lifecycling, write strategies, data integrity, and lineage).
  • Define use cases and feature design for new test modalities, including single versus cross-modality testing strategies.
  • Manage incidents related to offline tests and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for PRs, local workflows, V&V, and releases.
• Act as a Center of Excellence: Serve as a subject matter expert for optimizing the architecture and performance of Aurora's largest compute use case (offline testing), and provide high-value consulting/architecture support to adjacent teams.

Required Qualifications

• Senior or Staff-level experience (P7 equivalent) as a Software Engineer, ideally in infrastructure, developer tooling, or critical shared services.
• Proven experience leading technical projects and mentoring/directing other engineers.
• Familiarity with distributed compute technologies, cloud services (e.g., AWS), and large-scale workflow management systems 
• Demonstrated ability to triage, debug, and perform on-call and incident management for complex, cross-cutting infrastructure issues.
• Strong communication skills to manage stakeholder alignment and drive cross-team standardization efforts.

The base salary range for this position is $189,000 - $303,000 per year. Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

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