Software Engineering Manager, Cloud Services, Java/Kotlin

Company: Argo AI
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: June 19, 2022

Job Description:

Who We Are

Argo AI is a global self-driving products and services company on a mission to make the world's streets and roadways safe, accessible, and useful for all. Our technology is built to enable commercial services for autonomous delivery and ridesharing in cities.

With experienced leaders in the field and collaborative partnerships with some of the world's top consumer brands, we're working block by block, city by city to empower people and businesses to be more successful. We're individuals driven by strong values to solve complex problems together. Come join us to reimagine the human journey.

Meet The Team

At Argo AI, the Overwatch team is building the next-generation of cloud and AV software that monitors, manages, and maintains every autonomous vehicle across multiple metros in the US and Germany. More specifically, we are responsible for -

Transportation as a Service (TaaS) APIs for partner engagements

Mission Control and Terminal Operations tooling to enable efficient management of a large fleet of autonomous vehicles

Remote Operations including remote-guidance and remote-troubleshooting for autonomous vehicles

Service Infrastructure - common services providing a great foundation for all cloud services across the entire company

Ride-hailing mobile apps - in iOS and Android - showcasing our core product end-to-end

We believe in a few good developers building a solid, high-quality product.

What You'll Do

Due to rapid, and continuing, team growth as Argo nears commercialization we have openings for multiple Software Engineering Managers within the Overwatch team.

Focus on one or more of the areas, depending on your areas of interest and technical experience, of Fleet Services, Trip Services, Map Services, Mission Control, Terminal Operations, Remote Operations, or Shared Services Infrastructure

Support and develop services with a multi-region strategy deployed on AWS to achieve 99.99+% availability

Attract, hire, and develop the best cloud software engineers available

Leverage your deep technical and managerial expertise to collaborate in a cross-discipline cross-geographical environment with the Argo Product team, the UX Design, test and the Fleet Operations team to define the tooling necessary to efficiently scale Argo operations

Own the roadmap and delivery of Technical Leads and Software Engineers within your team

Implement strong product quality, performance, and security practices using Jenkins, Terraform, and Kubernetes

Develop services in Java/Kotlin

Regardless of your focus area, you'll collaborate closely with your peers within the Overwatch organization to build one integrated cloud services platform to support our development fleet, and our upcoming commercial scale autonomous vehicle fleet.

What Youll Need To Succeed

Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or a related field

Experience building and leading a diverse team of engineers

Significant experience developing, testing and operating scalable AWS or GCP distributed systems leveraging related open-source software components (5+ years)

Programming abilities in Kotlin or Java

Previous experience working in projects in an agile software environment

Belief in rigorous, high-quality engineering that produces tangible results quickly

Experience with the challenges of integration, and the need to iterate quickly but with a purposeful plan to build towards larger longer-term goals

Effectively work with others across a broad range of languages and technologies

Excellent communication skills are required given our distributed and diverse team

Nice To Haves

Experience with backend technologies: Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, SNS, SQS, ApacheMQ

Experience building and maintaining REST and gRPC APIs with scalable Auth strategies

Experience with Docker / Kubernetes / Istio

What We Offer You

High-quality individual and family medical, dental, and vision insurance

Competitive compensation packages

Employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan with immediate vesting

Employer-paid group term life insurance and the option to elect voluntary life insurance

Paid parental leave

Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance Program

Paid medical leave

30 day paid sabbatical upon 5 years of employment

Unlimited vacation

Complimentary daily lunches, beverages, and snacks

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Monthly wellness stipend

Professional development reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Discounted programs that include legal services, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and more

Company and team bonding outlets: employee resource groups, quarterly team activity stipend, and wellness initiative

Our Background

Argo AI was founded in 2016 by industry experts with extensive experience building robotic systems for commercial applications. Our once-small team has since grown into an over 1,700-person strong company with strategic partnerships with some of the world's leading consumer brands. With global headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate in eight cities across the U.S. and Germany in areas where self-driving technology can have the biggest impact on improving safety, traffic, and transportation equity.

At Argo AI, we believe that embracing differences delivers superior results. We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to an inclusive environment for all employees.

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