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Staff Software Engineer, Backend in USA new

  • Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineers while driving architectural decisions and quality outcomes.
  • Design and architect scalable, performant, secure, and maintainable backend systems for equipment integration.
  • Mentor and coach engineers and promote collaboration and knowledge sharing.
  • Solve complex technical challenges and optimize manufacturing processes.
  • Champion code quality, documentation, testing, and code review practices.
  • Identify and resolve backend performance bottlenecks.
  • Communicate technical concepts and decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Own projects and initiatives through successful completion.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional software development experience focused on backend development.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Familiarity with CIP, Modbus, MQTT, and OPC UA, plus experience integrating factory equipment such as programmable logic controllers and robot controllers.
  • Experience designing and developing firmware or software for resource-constrained embedded systems, including hardware interfaces, real-time operating systems, and hardware-level debugging.
  • Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and gRPC, including API documentation and versioning.
  • Extensive Golang experience, including concurrency, networking, and data structures.
  • Strong data-processing knowledge and experience with message queues and stream processing such as NATS, Kafka, and RabbitMQ.
  • Knowledge of security best practices for backend systems and industrial environments.
  • Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring tools.
  • Experience with edge computing platforms and technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary, annual company performance bonus eligibility, and equity in the form of RSUs for eligible full-time positions.
  • Comprehensive benefits including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs; offerings vary by country.
  • Hybrid work arrangement from Palo Alto, Irvine, CA, or Normal, IL.

Salary: $186k - $255k/yr

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies unite to pioneer sustainable mobility solutions, blending cutting‑edge electric vehicle engineering with advanced autonomous driving capabilities. Together, they develop next‑generation platforms that prioritize performance, safety, and environmental stewa...

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