Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform
Job description
Senior Software Engineer on the Parallax Cloud team, building and operating cloud services and gRPC/Protobuf APIs that let vehicles, mobile apps, and cloud services exchange live state and commands securely and reliably.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Design, build, and operate cloud services and gRPC/Protobuf APIs that let product teams read vehicle state, subscribe to changes, and send commands.
- Operate and tune NATS, including configuration, upgrades, troubleshooting, performance validation, and capacity planning.
- Own services end to end, from implementation through deployment and production operation, using Kubernetes, GitOps/Argo CD, and infrastructure as code.
- Diagnose production behavior using metrics, traces, logs, dashboards, and alerts.
- Design, operate, and tune service networking, load balancers, and L4/L7 traffic routing.
- Develop and run end-to-end, integration, and load tests to catch functional and performance regressions before production.
What we're looking for
- At least 5 years of software engineering experience focused on distributed systems, high-scale backend services, or streaming and messaging platforms.
- Strong proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language and willingness to work primarily in Go, with occasional work in Java and TypeScript client SDKs.
- Practical experience building and operating production services, including observability and troubleshooting.
- Solid foundations in API design, networking, concurrency, and distributed systems with working knowledge of Kubernetes.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with high-throughput messaging systems such as NATS, Kafka, or MQTT.
- Experience with Kubernetes and owning service deployments; familiarity with GitOps/Argo CD and infrastructure as code.
- Strong knowledge of HTTP/2, TCP, L4/L7 load balancing along with experience operating gRPC services in production.
- Familiarity with mTLS, certificates, service identity, secure transport and authentication patterns.
- Track record of maintaining or making contributions to established open-source projects.
Your team
Parallax Cloud
Builds the communication fabric that lets vehicles, mobile apps, and cloud services exchange live state and commands securely and reliably.
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs (offerings vary by country)
- Competitive base salary
- Eligible to participate in annual company performance bonus program
- Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
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About Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
A joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive's next chapter.
A joint venture between Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies working on operating systems, zonal controllers, and cloud and connectivity solutions, combining expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more.
Mission
Addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.
Key facts
- Automotive software / software-defined vehicles
- Joint venture between Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
- Works on operating systems, zonal controllers, and cloud and connectivity solutions
- Focus on software-defined vehicles
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