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Senior Staff Frontend Software Engineer

Aurora
Pennsylvania
Who we are

Aurora's mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.

The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.

At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all.

We are searching for an exceptional Senior-level Backend Software Engineer to join the Aurora Services Engineering team and take on a critical role in building Aurora's suite of fleet management tools.

The Aurora Services Engineering team creates full-stack solutions including backend services, web apps, mobile apps, and real-time onboard code that enable commercial operation of autonomous vehicle fleets at scale. Our mission is to build the software that drives the commercial side of our platform such as assigning work to autonomous vehicles, providing remote support, managing a fleet of vehicles, and receiving orders from customers. As Aurora prepares to massively scale its fleet and integrate with partners on an API level, the tools we build are critical to the efficient daily operation of our business.

We are looking for a Senior Staff Frontend Tech Lead to join our Aurora Services Shared Services team, as the TL for this team, you will lead the team to build solutions for Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Management. You will add new features to existing products and greenfield completely new ones. You will lead the frontend architecture decisions for the Aurora Services Apps in order to scale our operations to make a significant impact on the way commercial fleet operations function at Aurora.

In this role, you will

  • Design complex systems from the ground up. Partnering closely with Software, Hardware and infrastructure engineering teams.
  • Partner with Product Managers, Designers and Operation Stakeholders to deliver the benefit of Self Driving Vehicles quickly, safely and broadly.
  • Design, implement and maintain a micro-frontend architecture running in the Aurora's AWS cloud used to monitor and manage the entire Aurora Commercial Fleet.
  • Design, implement and maintain shared components and services across the entire Aurora Services Engineering team.
  • Establish technology and infrastructure to scale our products with high availability and reliability.
  • Contribute and evolve our team culture around mentorship, feedback,collaboration, and engineering excellence.

Required qualifications:

  • 10 or more years of experience in building Web Applications with modern web architecture such as React, Vue, or Angular.
  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Experience with web communication protocols, including REST, gRPC and GraphQL.
  • Experience with building large scale frontend application frameworks with multiple frontend teams.
  • Phenomenal communication skills. We build software with people and for people. You know how to write an effective technical spec, provide feedback to others, translate technical concepts into lay terms, and incorporate feedback into your efforts. You value and practice openness, empathy, kindness, and collaboration.
  • A preference for action. You will use good judgment to balance speed and quality. You will deliver products that are built in a responsible and sustainable way. You will use a self-starter mentality to thrive in a growing environment where all hands are on deck, and consider no obstacle too big or too small. You will notice where there is a need and will hustle to fill it.
  • The drive to make teams stronger. You're excited to work hard and fast to the finish line on new opportunities with a collaborative and integrated team. You will be proactive in engaging conflict with openness, patience and kindness in an environment where it is safe to lean on each other and learn from failures.
  • Motivation to own the product lifecycle end to end. You're happy to engage with our product and design teams and our internal customers to understand their needs and find ways to meet them. You ensure that product development stays on course all the way through release and post-release support.

Desirable Qualifications:

  • Experience with web frontend concepts such as CDN, Ingress Gateway and Server Side Rendering.
  • Experience with web security technologies such as RBAC, Session Auth, JWT Auth and Federated SSO.
  • Experience with web application release strategies such as feature flagging, A/B testing and canary release.
  • Experience with application metrics tracking and error tracing. Such as Grafana, Mixpanel or Sentry.
  • Experience with fleet management solutions for Robots, Vehicles or Aerial Drones.
  • Experience with external customer facing software including production rollout with real customers.
  • Experience with safety and mission critical applications.

The base salary range for this position is $191,000- $306,000. Aurora's pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate's starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

Mid-Senior

Working at Aurora

At Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together — all without any jerks. Our Careers page provides insight into what it is like to work at Aurora, and you can find all the latest updates in our Newsroom.

Commitment to inclusion

Aurora considers candidates without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, parent or caregiver status, ancestry, political affiliation, veteran and/or military status, physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Aurora considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected].

For California applicants, information collected and processed as part of your application and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Aurora's California Employment Privacy Policy.
Posted 2025-10-21

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