Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Gateway

About this role

ABOUT US

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

ROLE SUMMARY

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 https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en/press-releases/faster-leaner-more-efficient-rivian-and-volkswagen-group-announce-the-launch-of-their-joint-venture-18828). 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED:

- Office Location Requirement: Ability to work from R | V Tech’s Yaletown Office in Vancouver https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rivian+Yaletown/@49.2768204,-123.1232289,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x548673b47e186b3f:0x9bdb04bef751a85!8m2!3d49.2768204!4d-123.1206486!16s%2Fg%2F11smg0vkfh?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIwNS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 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.

- Skills:

- Strong foundation in Software Engineering principles and Distributed systems design

- Proficiency in Go (GoLang) https://go.dev/ 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 https://kafka.apache.org/.

- Proficiency with Redis https://redis.io/lp/get-started2/?utm_campaign=gg_s_core_amert1_en_brand_acq_21168833255&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=redis_exact&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA5Ka9BhB5EiwA1ZVtvJQWokPKwppcdoFEtDDvHbJ4Ea2AgZlTvOOeVxr7NiW21I_Sh6KMlBoCiAIQAvD_BwE for caching, session storage, or distributed data structures

- Expertise in utilization of data stores such as Amazon DynamoDB https://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) https://aws.amazon.com/rds/, Amazon DocumentDB https://aws.amazon.com/documentdb/, and/or MongoDB https://aws.amazon.com/partners/mongodb/.

- Solid understanding of systems debugging, production, and monitoring tools such as Datadog https://www.datadoghq.com/solutions/kubernetes/and Amazon CloudWatch https://aws.amazon.com/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

PREFERRED:

- Education: Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is strongly preferred, but not required.

- Skills:

- Familiarity with communications protocols like websocket and GRPC is highly preferred.

- Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins https://www.jenkins.io/ and GitLab…