Senior Software Engineer Cloud Gateway

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotives next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions were 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 well map a new way forward. Working together well create a future thats more connected more intelligent more sustainable for everyone.

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). 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 Techs technology infrastructure collaborating with cross-functional teams and tackling complex technical challenges.

• Design develop and deploy distributed systems and applications for R V Techs 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.

• Office Location Requirement: Ability to work from R V Techs Yaletown Office in Vancouver 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 Bachelors 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) 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.

  • Proficiency with Redis for caching session storage or distributed data structures

  • Expertise in utilization of data stores such as Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Amazon DocumentDB and/or MongoDB.

  • Solid understanding of systems debugging production and monitoring tools such as Datadog and Amazon 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

• 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 and GitLab CI/CD is also preferred.

  • Familiarity with Cloud infrastructure provisioning tools like Terraform Terragrunt Crossplane Argo CD.

  • Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.

  • Experience with building high-performance and low-latency systems in large-scale environments.

  • Experience working in an automotive setting or with IoT/Connected devices is a plus but not required.

We build the exceptional and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded addition to a competitive base salary full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.

Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans including applicable vesting requirements.

In addition to our compensation programs we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health wellbeing and financial future for full-time employees including health coverage retirement savings time off and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs.

External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site ( If you are a current employee please apply through our internal job board.

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