Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies

Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Gateway

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2 months ago
Vancouver, CanadaSenior

Base Salary

$97k - $121k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and deploy scalable, reliable, and high-performance distributed systems for the Cloud Gateway Platform.
  • Build event-driven systems using Kafka, Redis, message brokers, streaming, and queuing solutions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate system requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  • Write maintainable production code with robust test coverage.
  • Implement, monitor, debug, and optimize applications for high availability and low latency.
  • Develop, deploy, and maintain cloud solutions, particularly on AWS.
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, scalability challenges, and production issues.
  • Participate in a rotating on-call schedule, including occasional weekends, late nights, and holidays.
  • Maintain documentation and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and alerting systems.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; a master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
  • At least 2 years of experience required.
  • Production-grade programming experience with Go, Rust, and Python.
  • Experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms, event-driven architecture, Kafka, and Redis.
  • Experience with Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon RDS, Amazon DocumentDB, and/or MongoDB.
  • Experience with systems debugging, production operations, Datadog, and Amazon CloudWatch.
  • Experience with unit, system, and performance testing, plus Git version control.
  • Ability to design cost-effective and efficient systems and independently drive projects to completion.
  • Familiarity with WebSocket, gRPC, Jenkins, GitLab, Terraform, Terragrunt, Crossplane, Argo CD, Docker, and Kubernetes is preferred.
  • Experience building high-performance, low-latency systems at scale is preferred; automotive, IoT, or connected-device experience is a plus.
  • Ability to participate in rotating on-call coverage and work from the Vancouver office at least three days per week.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary, annual company performance bonus eligibility, and equity in the form of RSUs.
  • Health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs, with offerings varying by country.
  • Hybrid work arrangement: at least three days per week in the Vancouver Yaletown office and two supported work-from-home days per week.
  • Accessibility accommodations and equal employment opportunity support are provided.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBApache KafkaArgo CDAWSDatadogDockerGitGogRPCJenkinsKubernetesMongoDBPythonRedisRustTerraform

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