Aurora Innovation
Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack – Aurora Services
$171K–$303K
Pittsburgh, PA +2 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
Mountain View, CA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 8+ years of industry experience in software development.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the architecture and delivery of full-stack services, APIs, data pipelines, and operator-facing tools that support Aurora’s autonomous vehicle fleet and operations.
What you'll do
- Drive strategic initiatives to build scalable full-stack services for real-time and offline data flows.
- Provide technical leadership across teams, including architectural guidance, mentoring, and engineering best practices.
- Partner with autonomy, cloud infrastructure, and operations teams to set roadmaps and deliver projects.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software development experience designing, building, and operating large-scale full-stack systems.
- Deep expertise in front-end and back-end development, scalable web services, distributed systems, and API design.
- Demonstrated technical leadership, including strategy, architectural decisions, and mentoring senior engineers.
- Proficiency with cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices, such as AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and monitoring/alerting systems.
Nice to have
- Experience defining technical roadmaps and leading strategic projects across engineering teams.
- Experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or real-time distributed fleet systems; or in data modeling, pipelines, and third-party data integration.
Pay
$189,000 - $303,000 per year (base salary); $171,000 - $273,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD
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