Senior Software Engineer, Nuro

Storage

$152-228k

+ Bonus + Equity

Go
C++
Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Mountain View, CA

Nuro

Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer

Job no longer available

Nuro

Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer

501-1000 employees

B2BLogisticsRoboticsElectric VehiclesComputer VisionAutomationDelivery

Job no longer available

$152-228k

+ Bonus + Equity

Go
C++
Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Mountain View, CA

501-1000 employees

B2BLogisticsRoboticsElectric VehiclesComputer VisionAutomationDelivery

Company mission

To better everyday life through robotics.

Role

Who you are

  • 5+ years of relevant or related industry experience
  • Strong proficiency in C++, Go, or similar languages
  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems
  • You are familiar with the software development workflow and can independently execute a project, from design to development to the final rollout
  • You have start-up DNA: You have demonstrated an ability to thrive in the ambiguity of a dynamic, start-up environment or have the DNA to do so
  • You possess a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely related field

What the job involves

  • Nuro’s storage team manages a massive amount of data in exabyte scale for autonomous driving
  • The components and features that team is responsible for includes high IO performance SDK, control plane for different underlying storage systems, smart data management for better performance and cost, cost monitoring and management
  • There are challenging initiatives ahead to help scale our current system 10x while lowering cost
  • Design and implement distributed systems that can scale to the exabyte-level (which is 1,000,000 terabytes) and spans across the entire US continent
  • Optimize our core algorithms, including the data layout, data placement, caching, and compression algorithms. Analyze the data and access patterns and tailor the algorithms to the usage patterns
  • Write high-performance I/O libraries and services in C++ and Go. Root cause CPU and network performance issues
  • Develop tools to help us and our customers to understand the usage and cost
  • Continuously improve the reliability of the systems we build
  • Implement features to secure our data storage, and protect the sensitive information in the data
  • Work with our customer teams to understand their requirements and help them troubleshoot issues

Otta's take

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Xav Kearney

CTO of Otta

Nuro offers custom-built autonomous vehicles for the delivery of physical goods, rather than people. Its vehicles have a distinctive, futuristic, design that has not only made the vehicles noticeable from a marketing point of view, but, has also made its vehicles stand out to other road users, improving safety.

Nuro is an exciting addition to the autonomous vehicle landscape. Without a passenger inside the vehicle, it has been able to sidestep some of the safety issues that have plagued other autonomous vehicle brands. Additionally, the company has landed several high-profile partners, including Uber, Walmart, Chipotle, and Kroger.

With home deliveries at an all-time high, many companies are looking for ways to get goods to customers’ homes as fast as possible. Low-cost, efficient services such as Nuro's offering are becoming increasingly attractive. The company is turning its focus to commercializing and scaling the production of its third-generation vehicle at a new facility in Southern Nevada as it hopes to expand its services across the US.

Insights

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

-29% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Nov 2021

$600m

SERIES D

Nov 2020

$500m

SERIES C

Total funding: $2.1bn

Company benefits

  • Free Caltrain pass and commuter benefits
  • Company stock options
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • Earn it - We seek and expect excellence and are not afraid of hard work
  • 1% better everyday - We continuously focus on improving both as individuals and as a company
  • Find a way - We embrace uncertainty and thrive on solving the hardest problems
  • Act now - We trust our team's judgment—everyone is a problem solver
  • One team - Nuro only succeeds if we are all working toward a common goal

Company HQ

Mountain View, CA

Founders

After an MA in Computer Science at the University of Virginia, Jiajun worked as Principal Software Engineer at Google for over 8 years. He left this role in August 2016 to co-found Nuro with Dave.

Dave Ferguson

(President)

Experienced Robotics Engineer with stints at Google (Computer Vision and Machine Learning Lead) and Intel (Senior Research Scientist). PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.

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