Senior Software Engineer, Turo
Core Services
$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
- Bachelor's/Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field
- 5+ years experience shipping high-scale code to production
- Fluent in at least one language - e.g., Java preferred, Python, Ruby, Go
- Possess strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, database concepts, distributed systems, and search. Experience with MySQL and/or DynamoDB is a plus
- 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
- Curious about container orchestration systems such as kubernetes and infrastructure as code tools such as terraform
- Experience with logging, monitoring and alerting systems and tools
- Passionate about event streaming, database or other backend technologies
What the job involves
- Our backend engineers are reimagining Turo's backend and driving microservice development to prepare for the next 10x in traffic
- Engineers are involved in designing, building and deploying new microservices to meet the ever-growing demands of our platform
- 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
- You will build a world-class payments infrastructure that will enable new products, support global expansion and optimize our cost and scale infinitely
- You will produce high-quality maintainable code, test it, collaboratively review it and ship it
- You will develop highly performative and scalable micro services as part of our mono decomposition efforts
- You will identify areas to improve and scale our architecture and application design
- Ensure proper technical design and documentation
- 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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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
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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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