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.
Role Summary
The Internet of Things (IoT) and Streaming Team is seeking passionate and skilled senior software engineers to support our Cloud Gateway Platform to build a massively scalable and robust IoT platform that handles the ingress and egress of data to and from our vehicles. These roles support high‑throughput telemetry acquisition systems, streaming and batch data, data model registry, and fleet orchestration for push updates. Engineers will help build the future of how vehicles operate and communicate with the cloud, creating the architecture and software for next‑generation software‑defined vehicles (SDVs). The position plays 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 full‑stack 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.
- Build UI applications using React JS or similar frameworks.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to translate system requirements 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.
- 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
- Office location requirement: Ability to work from R | V Tech’s Vancouver office at least three days per week.
- Work‑from‑home: Ability to work from home two days per week is supported.
- On‑call: Participation in a rotating on‑call schedule, including occasional weekends, late nights, and holidays.
- Education: At least a bachelor’s degree.
- Experience: At least 2 years of relevant experience.
- Skills:
- Strong foundation in software engineering principles and distributed systems design.
- Proficiency in Go (GoLang) and Python, with demonstrated experience building production‑grade applications.
- Proficiency with TypeScript, React Native, or other JavaScript frameworks for responsive UI applications.
- Familiarity with GQL, testing frameworks (Jest, Vite, Cypress, Playwright), module federation, NX (monorepo framework).
- Understanding of multi‑tier secure and scalable web patterns, REST, WSS, OWASP Top 10.
- Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and cloud‑native patterns.
- Expertise in event‑driven architecture and working with message brokers such as Kafka.
- Knowledge of Redis for caching, session storage, or distributed data structures.
- Understanding of data stores such as Amazon DynamoDB, RDS, DocumentDB, and/or MongoDB.
- Solid understanding of systems debugging, production monitoring tools such as Datadog and CloudWatch.
- Experience with unit, system, and performance testing.
- Experience building cost‑effective and efficient designs in technology choices.
- Strong knowledge of Git for version control and collaboration.
- Ability to self‑manage and drive projects to completion while working independently.
Preferred Qualifications
- Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field strongly preferred.
- Skills:
- Familiarity with communication protocols such as WebSocket and gRPC.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD.
- Familiarity with infrastructure provisioning tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, Crossplane, Argo CD.
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience building high‑performance and low‑latency systems in large‑scale environments.
Total Rewards
Full‑time positions include base salary, eligibility for an annual performance bonus, and eligibility for equity. In addition to base salary, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies offers benefits tailored to the local market.
Equal Opportunity
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Compensation Range
$96.8 K – $121 K
Note
This job posting represents an open, active vacancy. Additionally, we are not currently accepting applications from third‑party application services.
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