Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Gateway at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies in Vancouver, British Columbia

Job description

• Application
• About Us
• The Internet of Things (IoT) and Streaming Team is seeking passionate and skilled several Senior Software Engineers to support our Cloud Gateway Platform to build a massively scalable and robust IoT Platform that deals with the ingress and egress of data to and from our vehicles.
• These newly created Software Engineer openings will support Remote Commands, Asset State, streaming and batch data acquisition, data model registry and fleet orchestration for push updates. These Engineers will help build the future of how vehicles will operate and communicate with the Cloud.
• This team will create the electric architecture and software for next generation Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs). This new R | V Tech Employee will thrive in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, low-latency, robust, scalable, and reliable distributed systems.
• This position will play a pivotal role in shaping the backbone of R | V Tech’s technology infrastructure, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and tackling complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy distributed systems and applications for R | V Tech's Cloud Gateway Platform with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Work with event-driven architectures, leveraging technologies like Kafka and Redis to build efficient and fault-tolerant systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand system requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code and ensure robust test coverage.
• Implement, monitor, and debug applications, ensuring high availability and low latency.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain solutions on cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Manage and optimize message brokers and implement streaming and queuing solutions as required.
• Proactively identify and address performance bottlenecks, scalability challenges, and production issues.
• Participate in an on-call rotation, addressing production issues during off-hours as necessary.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for systems, processes, and tools.
• Continuously improve CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and alerting systems.

Requirements

• Office Location Requirement: Ability to work from R | V Tech’s Yaletown Office in Vancouver at least three days per week is required for this role.
• Work From Home: Ability to work from home two days a week is supported as well.
• On-Call: Participation in a rotating on-call schedule, including occasional weekends, late nights, and holidays, to resolve critical production issues is also required.
• Education: At least a Bachelor’s Degree is required for this role.
• Experience: At least 2 years of experience is also needed for this role.
• Strong foundation in Software Engineering principles and Distributed systems design
• Proficiency in Go (GoLang) Programming, Rust, and Python, with demonstrated experience building production-grade applications.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and familiarity with cloud-native patterns
• Expertise in event-driven architecture and working with message brokers such as Kafka.
• Proficiency with Redis for caching, session storage, or distributed data structures
• Expertise in utilization of data stores such as Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon DocumentDB, and/or MongoDB.
• Solid understanding of systems debugging, production, and monitoring tools such as Datadog and Amazon CloudWatch.
• Experience with unit testing, system testing, and performance testing
• Experience building cost effective and efficient designs in your technology choices
• Strong knowledge of Git for version control and collaboration
• Ability to self-manage and drive projects to completion while working independently
• Education: Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is strongly preferred, but not required.
• Familiarity with communications protocols like websocket and GRPC is highly preferred.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD is also preferred.
• Familiarity with Cloud infrastructure provisioning tools like Terraform, Terragrunt, Crossplane, Argo CD.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with building high-performance and low-latency systems in large-scale environments.
• Experience working in an automotive setting, or with IoT/Connected devices is a plus but not required.

Skills

Required

• Go (GoLang)
• Rust
• Python
• AWS
• Kafka
• Redis
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon RDS
• Amazon DocumentDB
• MongoDB
• Datadog
• Amazon CloudWatch

Preferred

• Websocket
• GRPC
• Jenkins
• GitLab CI/CD
• Terraform
• Terragrunt
• Crossplane
• Argo CD

Benefits

• We build the exceptional — and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded accordingly. In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.
• Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect, and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans, including applicable vesting requirements.
• In addition to our compensation programs, we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, wellbeing, and financial future for full-time employees — including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs.
• External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site (https://rivianvw.tech/#careers). If you are a current employee, please apply through our internal job board.
• The posted salary represents the lowest and highest ranges RV Tech reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position. Any posted salary range pertains only to the estimated starting pay for the role. Actual starting pay is based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, skillset, qualifications, specific competencies, relevant education, and location.