Staff Software Engineer, Turo

Platform

$174-218k

+ Equity

Kubernetes
Python
Java
Go
Ruby
Terraform
C
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area
Turo

Car sharing marketplace

Job no longer available

Turo

Car sharing marketplace

1001+ employees

B2BMarketplaceCarsTransport

Job no longer available

$174-218k

+ Equity

Kubernetes
Python
Java
Go
Ruby
Terraform
C
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2BMarketplaceCarsTransport

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
  • 7+ years experience shipping high-scale code to production
  • Fluent in at least one language - e.g., Java, Python, Ruby, Go, or C
  • Possess strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, database concepts, distributed systems, and search
  • Strong communicator. Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support, and other engineers is no problem for you
  • Enjoy solving problems and helping others meet their goals
  • Experience with logging, monitoring and alerting systems and tools
  • Passionate about search, streaming, database or other backend technologies

Desirable

  • Bachelor's/Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field
  • Curious about container orchestration systems such as kubernetes and infrastructure as code tools such as terraform

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 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
  • Collaborate with product engineering and devops teams to develop Turo into a scalable service
  • Make sure our engineers have an awesome time developing—help them move faster and smoother from onboarding to launching services and products, with built-in observability
  • Generate maintainable, high-quality code, conduct thorough testing, engage in collaborative code reviews, and oversee the shipping process
  • Identify opportunities for enhancing and scaling our architecture and application design
  • Create tools and utilities for diagnosing and resolving issues within the system
  • Ensure proper technical design and documentation
  • Operate effectively in a dynamic and expanding environment, adapting to constant change, where fluid processes and creative solutions are valued
  • Apply your skills to elevate the technical standards and provide guidance on architectural decisions
  • Lead significant projects and concurrently provide mentorship to fellow team engineers

Otta's take

Theo Margolius headshot

Theo Margolius

COO of Otta

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.

Insights

Top investors

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

Founders

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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