Director, Software Engineering

Department: Product Development

Reports to: SVP, Software Engineering

The Director, Software Engineering is responsible for the delivery of Enterprise SaaS products supporting the Clinical Trial industry, overseeing multiple on-shore and off-shore development teams and the delivery of multiple products and initiatives. The Director, Software Engineering provides strategic planning and tactical execution management, agile release planning across multiple teams, process and tool design, resource management, and continuous improvement. The role demands a blend of technical and business acumen, strategic and tactical focus, and an ability to balance architectural best practice and innovation pragmatism. In a typical business day, the Director, Engineering may find themselves pair-programming with developers on a priority feature or defect and briefing the C-suite on roadmap direction and key technical decisions.  

Responsibilities:

• Works with the SVP of Engineering to build a technical vision for the product line.
• Explores new technologies for future planning and potential implementation and evaluates and identifies appropriate technology to deliver business objectives.  
• Ensures engineering best practices are defined and met across teams and develops and governs technical standards to ensure adherence. 
• Collaborates with architects and principal engineers in the technical design of initiatives and business priorities. 
• Experience leading distributed or cross-functional teams globally, including recruiting, mentoring, and retaining team members in a continuous improvement environment. Provides leadership and professional growth with the goal to build our next generation of engineering leaders. 
• Extensive knowledge of enterprise architecture patterns, microservices, and distributed systems design 
• Experience with enterprise SaaS architecture and development in a product-driven environment, including multi-tenancy, scalability, and platform reliability at scale 
• Fluency in data architecture concepts including data models, data warehouses, analytical platforms, and modern data mesh or lakehouse patterns 
• Familiarity with service portfolio management, API governance, and technical debt prioritization at the enterprise level 
• Works closely with Product Management and Architecture to discover business requirements and technical approach for product initiatives and features. 
• Supports teams in the discovery and design of product backlog items and identifies and manages cross organization dependencies. 
• Develop Proof of Concept solutions to demonstrate technical design and can dive into the code and pair program with engineers as necessary.  
• Initiates and drives continuous improvement initiatives, challenges self and teams to continuously grow and achieve new levels of success. 
• Will be held accountable for the design, development, and delivery of Suvoda product and solutions.  
• A “team-player” with the ability to work within a highly collaborative environment. 
• A creative and critical thinker that is able to confidently express ideas in an articulate, concise manner. 

Requirements:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent relevant work experience and/or training. 
• At least 10 years of progressive experience in the software industry, including at least 5 years in a leadership position. 
• Proven experience delivering cloud-native applications on AWS, including IaC tooling (Terraform), container orchestration (EKS), and cloud cost optimization
• Good working knowledge of Python, Django ORM, Django REST Framework, and Angular for building and maintaining scalable backend and frontend services; hands-on familiarity with event-driven cloud service architectures leveraging AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, ElastiCache (Redis), and Postgres RDS 
• Strong experience managing people and teams; setting goals, providing clear technical direction, and holding teams accountable for delivering business value. 
• Strong experience with software development best practices and tooling, agile testing, developer operations, continuous integration and delivery, and site reliability engineering. 
• Relevant technical knowledge of enterprise architecture, cloud services, cloud development, containerization, business domain modelling, data warehouses and analytical platforms. 
• Proven experience in Agile Software Development methodology. 

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on experience adopting and governing AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) across engineering teams, including establishing standards for responsible use, prompt engineering best practices, and measuring productivity impact
• Familiarity with Anthropic's Claude API or Claude Code for agentic developer workflows, including task automation, code generation pipelines, and AI-assisted code review
• Experience integrating LLM-powered tooling into the SDLC — such as AI-assisted test generation, documentation automation, or intelligent PR summarization
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change around AI adoption — including upskilling teams, establishing guardrails, and balancing developer autonomy with governance
• Familiarity with prompt engineering principles and the ability to coach engineers on effective human-AI collaboration patterns 

About the Role:

We are looking for senior backend engineers passionate about backend technology, excellent user experience and system reliability. The ideal candidate has helped lead the technical design and implementation of backend features on at least one sizable production application within the past year. A senior backend engineer at Perpay will spend their time writing code, reviewing PRs, mentoring engineers, and helping scope & design new features. We are looking for people who can bring backend technical expertise to push our technology forward — whether it’s hosting a lunch-and-learn on a new backend technology or directing a large refactor. We value engineers who demonstrate excitement around solving tough problems and delivering solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Much of our team is fullstack, so we look for team members excited to learn new technologies and work across all stacks, even if it’s not something you’ve done before! Our tech stack: Javascript, React, React Native, Redux, Python, Django, Flask, Kubernetes, AWS, Docker and more.

Our greatest strength is our people and we’d love for you to be one of them!

Responsibilities:

• Design and evolve RESTful APIs used by our frontend and internal systems
• Own data modeling decisions across our relational databases with an eye toward performance and maintainability
• Improve reliability, observability, and operational excellence of our backend systems (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting)
• Participate in architectural decisions around service boundaries, asynchronous workflows, and distributed system tradeoffs
• Diagnose and resolve production issues across multiple services
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD improvements to increase developer velocity and system stability
• Partner with product and stakeholders to translate complex business rules into maintainable backend systems

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience building web applications at scale in at least one modern language / framework (e.g. Python/Django, Rails, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience leading technical teams and large, complex projects
• Deep understanding of relational databases (e.g., Postgres), query optimization, indexing strategies, and schema evolution
• Experience operating production systems in a large cloud provider (e.g. AWS)Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker) and orchestration systems (Kubernetes)
• Experience with background job systems and message queues (e.g. Celery)
• Working knowledge of caching strategies (e.g. Redis)
• Experience with monitoring/observability tooling (e.g. Datadog, CloudWatch)
• Strong understanding of system reliability, failure modes, and operational tradeoffs
• Ability to communicate complex system behavior clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• A solutions-oriented mindset, willing to step outside your primary domain to unblock teammates and ensure successful delivery

NYC-level total cash-comp (base $160k into the $200’s, plus equity and a discretionary cash bonus)

We know not everybody checks all the boxes, so if you’re interested, please apply because you could be just what we’re looking for!

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are excited about building the future of transportation that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient & accessible for all. We are searching for an exceptional Staff-level Backend Software Engineer to join the Aurora Services Engineering team and take on a critical role in building Aurora's suite of fleet management tools.

The Aurora Services Engineering team creates full-stack solutions including backend services, web apps, mobile apps, and real-time onboard code that enable commercial operation of autonomous vehicle fleets at scale. Our mission is to build the software that drives the commercial side of our platform such as assigning work to autonomous vehicles, providing remote support, managing a fleet of vehicles, and receiving orders from customers. As Aurora prepares to massively scale its fleet and integrate with partners on an API level, the tools we build are critical to the efficient daily operation of our business.

As a Staff Backend Software Engineer you will join a team which builds solutions for autonomous vehicle terminal operations: launching and landing vehicles at locations owned by Aurora and its largest customers. You will add new features to existing products and greenfield completely new ones. Your contributions will have a significant impact on the way terminal operations function at Aurora.

In this role, you will

• Design complex systems from the ground up, working closely with software, hardware, and infrastructure engineering teams along with other stakeholder teams within Aurora.
• Embrace AI tools to add new features which delight our users, along with improving frontend, backend, and onboard engineering efficiency.
• Build backend services running in Aurora’s AWS cloud used to monitor and manage the location and activity of our entire autonomous fleet.
• Establish technology and infrastructure to scale our products with high availability and reliability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including Security, Product, Design, Safety, and Cloud Platform to achieve company milestones.
• Send suggestions and receive updates from vehicles in real time in order to ensure the safe operation of Aurora’s autonomous fleet.
• Contribute to and evolve our team culture around mentorship, feedback, collaboration, and engineering excellence.

You will be a good fit if you have

• Phenomenal communication skills. We build software with people and for people. You know how to write an effective technical spec, provide feedback to others, translate technical concepts into lay terms, and incorporate feedback into your efforts. You value and practice openness, empathy, kindness, and collaboration.
• A preference for action. You will use good judgment to balance speed and quality. You will deliver products that are built in a responsible and sustainable way. You will use a self-starter mentality to thrive in a growing environment where all hands are on deck, and consider no obstacle too big or too small. You will notice where there is a need and will hustle to fill it.
• The drive to make teams stronger. You're excited to work hard and fast to the finish line on new opportunities with a collaborative and integrated team. You will be proactive in engaging conflict with openness, patience and kindness in an environment where it is safe to lean on each other and learn from failures.
• Motivation to own the product lifecycle end to end. You’re happy to engage with our product and design teams and our internal customers to understand their needs and find ways to meet them. You ensure that product development stays on course all the way through release and post-release support.
• Strong backend service engineering skills. We use modern technologies to build our products including Golang, Python, C++, gRPC, Kubernetes, and AWS. We’re happy to help you learn and adapt to our stack.
• Experience working with databases and caches such as Postgres and Redis.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 6+ years of industry experience with a  focus on high-availability cloud services.

Desirable experience

• Experience taking a SaaS development project into production at scale.
• Experience building gRPC services using Golang.
• Experience with IoT devices and Over-the-Air communication.
• Experience with Kubernetes, including service configuration, monitoring and deployment.
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Experience with fleet management solutions for robots, vehicles, or aerial drones.
• Experience with external customer facing software including production rollout with real customers.

The base range for this position is $171,000 - $273,000.  Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

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Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Software Engineer II, Test Drive.

Role/Team overview:

Test Drive team as a Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in the development and validation of autonomous driving technology. Our team is at the forefront of building the critical tools, robust data pipelines, and scalable infrastructure. This role will be measured by how productive our entire organization is. You straddle the line between front-end and back-end development with advanced knowledge in multiple frameworks and languages.

In this role, you will be instrumental in designing and implementing a robust, integrated, and user-friendly platform that serves as the backbone of Aurora’s offline testing workflows. This challenging and rewarding work is absolutely essential for generating the high-quality, diverse data needed to thoroughly validate and continuously optimize the Aurora Driver's planning behavior. Your contributions will directly impact our ability to scale the Aurora Driver safely and efficiently, bringing the future of autonomous transportation closer to reality. 

We are looking for passionate and skilled software engineers who are eager to tackle complex problems and contribute to a mission-critical component of Aurora's success. Success in this role requires a value for design, a commitment to fast learning, and strong teamwork. You will be expected to quickly adapt to new technologies, understand the full web stack, and take ownership of shipping impactful results.

In this role, you will

• Design, develop a platform for validating off-board autonomy software.
• Develop tools for increasing the development speed of building and evaluating autonomy software.
• Build highly scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant services that support our unique rate-of-growth requirements
• Develop tools for introspection, visualization, and performance analysis of autonomy systems.
• Improve the performance of autonomy systems through architectural and algorithmic optimizations
• Collaborate with stakeholders including Autonomy Engineers, Test Engineers, Product, Cloud Platform and Safety to ensure timely delivery of validation data set.

Required Qualifications

• Experience with cloud automation, data and test automation
• Experience with modern programming languages such as Python, Golang, or Typescript.
• Experience with cloud offerings such as AWS or GCP.
• Experience with cloud storages such as S3, Postgres and Redis.

Desirable Experience

• Experience in Distributed Systems and Concurrency.
• Experience in Scaling Data Pipelines through Observability and Traceability.
• Experience in Self Driving / Autonomy Driving.

The base salary range for this position is $126,000-$181,500 per year.  Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits. 

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#Associate 

About the Role:

Rumble Cloud is seeking a Principal Database Architect to own the architecture, technical direction, and successful delivery of our Database as a Service (DBaaS) offering within our public cloud platform. This role will take over a product already in active development and guide it through hardening, integration, launch, and global scale-out. You will be responsible for shaping the long-term technical roadmap of the service, ensuring it is secure, reliable, performant, and operable at scale for customers worldwide. You will work closely with our development team, engineering team, and early adopter customers to refine the design, drive high-quality implementation, and build the patterns and practices that future engineers will follow.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end architecture of the DBaaS product, including multitenancy, high availability, disaster recovery, backup/restore, observability, and security.
• Review and influence existing epics, stories, and technical designs, identifying gaps and driving improvements.
• Define and maintain architectural standards and patterns for databases across our public cloud (provisioning, configuration, lifecycle management, monitoring, security).
• Work closely with platform, networking, and security teams to integrate DBaaS into our cloud infrastructure, including identity, networking, billing, self-service, and automation.
• Collaborate with Product Management to align technical roadmap with product vision, SLAs/SLOs, and customer requirements.
• Serve as the highest-level technical escalation point for DBaaS-related issues in development, staging, and production environments.
• Support onboarding and success of early “friendly” customers: assist with deployments, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and architecture guidance.
• Define and evolve operational runbooks, incident response patterns, and SRE practices for the DBaaS platform.
• Mentor and coach other engineers and architects as we build an internal team around the service, raising the overall bar for database and data platform expertise.
• Establish and enforce security, compliance, and data protection best practices for the DBaaS offering (encryption, access control, auditing, regulatory considerations).
• Participate in capacity planning and cost optimization, ensuring the service is economically viable at scale.
• Conduct periodic architecture reviews and post-incident reviews, driving continuous improvement in reliability and customer experience.
• Support and advise internal teams on the operation, performance, and troubleshooting of existing database clusters, in addition to primary ownership of the DBaaS platform.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Expert-level experience in database engineering, data platforms, or infrastructure, with significant ownership of production database systems or services.
• Deep expertise with at least one major relational database engine (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, or similar), including replication, backup/restore, performance tuning, and operational best practices.
• Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts, including compute, networking, storage, and security in public cloud or large private cloud environments.
• Experience integrating databases or DBaaS-like offerings with cloud control planes, APIs, and automation/orchestration systems.
• Strong background in reliability engineering for data services (monitoring, alerting, SLOs, incident management, capacity planning).
• Familiarity with security and compliance requirements for database services (encryption at rest/in transit, access control, auditing, data retention, regulatory considerations).
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, or similar) and comfort working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Scripting or programming skills (e.g., Python, Go, Bash or similar) for automation, tooling, and integration.
• Proven track record of technical leadership: influencing designs across teams, mentoring engineers, and making clear trade-off decisions.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with external vendors, internal stakeholders, and customers.

Nice to Have (Preferred Skills):

• Strong, hands-on expertise with both MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.
• Experience designing or operating multi-tenant, high-availability, and distributed database architectures in a cloud or large-scale environment.
• Experience designing or operating a DBaaS offering (e.g., Amazon RDS/Aurora, Azure Database, Cloud SQL, or similar managed services).
• Knowledge of NoSQL or specialized data stores (e.g., Redis, MongoDB, Cassandra) and when to apply them.
• Experience in Kubernetes-based data workloads, operators, or stateful services.
• Familiarity with multi-region architectures, data residency, and geo-replication patterns.
• Exposure to observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry) for data services.
• Relevant certifications in databases, cloud architecture, or security are a plus.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated success owning the architecture and technical direction of a mission-critical platform or service.
• Strong customer empathy and a track record of working directly with users or customers to solve complex technical problems.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels, from roadmap and design reviews down to debugging complex production issues.

Annual Compensation Range: 

$185,000 -  $265,000 USD base + benefits + equity (If based in the United States)

$170,000 -  $200,000 USD base + benefits + equity (If based in Canada)

Note: The salary range listed for this position is a good faith estimate based on experience, qualifications, and internal compensation structure. The actual salary offered varies depending on the candidate's skill level and experience. This posting refers to an active vacancy within the organization.