Senior Software Engineer, Turo
ML Infrastructure
$149-186k
+ Equity
Car sharing marketplace
Open for applications
Car sharing marketplace
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$149-186k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Turo's mission is to put the world's cars to better use.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for brilliant software engineers who have a passion for consumer products and want to join an energetic team that is changing the way people think about travel
- Bachelor's/Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field
- 5+ years experience in the realm of large-scale data processing, distributed systems, and/or machine learning infrastructure, with an understanding of the complexities associated with production environments
- Familiarity with operational tooling for ML services (monitoring, alerting, etc), and architecting distributed microservice systems for model hosting/serving
- Experience with public cloud systems (particularly AWS), Kubernetes, and Terraform is a significant plus
- Strong hands-on programming skills, particularly in Java (or other JVM languages) and Python, with an ability to develop robust, scalable, and maintainable code
- Strong sense of ownership, motivation, curiosity, and a commitment to excellence in all aspects of your work
- Solid computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, database concepts, distributed systems, and search
- Strong communicator. Writing clear documentation and explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support, and other engineers is no problem for you
- Technical leader driving large and complex projects impactful to the business
- Enjoy solving problems and helping others meet their goals
- Excited to work in a diverse, inclusive environment
What the job involves
- We ship code daily, A/B test extensively, and have a primary role in creating the product from inception to implementation
- There’s much to do, and you’ll be responsible for making some real cool stuff happen
- Our APIs, internal services, and web app are at the core of our stable of software that’s reinventing mobility
- Be a member of a small team of talented engineers and designers and play a major role in shaping an exciting app that’s changing how people travel and think about car ownership
- Build a world-class machine learning platform that will power a rapidly growing number of products and functions across Turo
- Partner with data scientists to train and serve state of the art models to our customers
- Identify areas for and deliver platform-level impact
- Collaborate with a wide range of internal teams, being attentive to identify and understand their pain points and underlying needs
- Produce high-quality maintainable code, test it, collaboratively review it and ship it
- Scope and prioritize work with a focus on incremental delivery with a high bar for excellence, but recognizing the business benefits of having something now vs delayed perfection
- Work efficiently in a constantly changing and growing environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are desired
Our take
Turo is the world’s largest car rental marketplace. The comparisons with AirBnb are obvious but not unfounded - ‘hosts’ make their cars available to ‘guests’ who benefit from short-term rentals without the cost of purchasing their own automobile.
The startup has reinvented the car-rental marketplace, previously dominated by incumbents like Avis. By allowing users to rent directly from the car owner themselves, Turo is bringing transparency, efficiency, and liquidity to the industry while hosts earn additional income.
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges the company needs to overcome is similar to those that plagued other major sharing-economy companies like Uber - regulation. Specifically Turo faces disputes over bad-faith hosts and from incumbent players, especially regarding airport use. Since its 2022 IPO, Turo has been eyeing further global expansion and targeting a series of strategic acquisitions and partnerships which will expand its product suite for hosts and guests alike.
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Company Specialist
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Feb 2020
$30m
SERIES E
Jul 2019
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $464m
Company benefits
- Dental, and vision coverage
- Time off to volunteer
- Travel credit each month to grab a car and go explore
- 28 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- We’re a great bunch - Our people are our #1 asset, and each team member uniquely invigorates our diverse, international, travel- and car-loving cast of characters
- We’re in it to win it - We tackle thorny problems every day. We tinker, we experiment, we measure, analyze, and optimize, and we work tirelessly to realize our mission and vision
- We’re doing cool stuff - From dynamic web and mobile apps to customer experiences that refresh confidence in humankind, we’re crafting a brand that brings adventure to the logistics of travel
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Andre Haddad
(CEO, not founder)Previously worked for 10 years at eBay, holding various positions such as CEO - Shopping.com & Vice President - User Experience & Design.
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