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Staff Software Engineer, Platform
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies. Lead the architecture and delivery of backend services and platform capabilities from problem framing and design through launch and operation .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in backend architecture and delivery, focusing on building reliable, scalable, and secure distributed systems. Proficient in Go programming and API design, with a strong emphasis on operational readiness and cross-team collaboration.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Go ProgrammingAPI DesignDistributed SystemsObservabilityCollaborative Leadership
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Hard Skills
Backend Software DevelopmentSystem DesignEvent-Driven ArchitectureAsynchronous ProcessingService Health ImprovementIncident ResponseDeployment StrategiesCode Quality ImprovementPerformance OptimizationArchitectural Trade-Offs
Soft Skills
MentorshipClear CommunicationBuilding AlignmentActionable FeedbackCollaborative Leadership Style
Industry Keywords
Production ReadinessService ContractsSecurity-Minded DevelopmentCustomer-Facing PlatformsModular Services
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesGo
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead the architecture and delivery of backend services and platform capabilities from problem framing and design through launch and operation
- Design clear, secure, versionable APIs and service contracts and guide integration patterns across teams
- Build and evolve distributed, event-driven systems with attention to reliability, scalability, performance, and data consistency
- Improve Go engineering practices, code quality, testing, and maintainable service design
- Set technical direction for complex, cross-team initiatives and align stakeholders on decisions and interfaces
- Own production readiness, including observability, deployment safety, incident response, and operational improvements
- Identify architectural bottlenecks and simplify or modernize systems to improve customer experience, developer effectiveness, or system performance
- Mentor and coach engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and day-to-day collaboration
- Partner with product, design, client, security, and engineering teams to turn customer and business needs into durable technical solutions
- Help operate backend services powering customer-facing digital experiences for software-defined vehicles
Requirements
What you’ll need- Significant professional experience building and operating backend software in production
- Depth in Go or a comparable language and ability to contribute in Go
- Track record designing and delivering distributed services, APIs, and systems meeting reliability and performance needs
- Strong system-design skills, including clarifying ambiguous requirements, identifying edge cases, reasoning about failure modes, and explaining architectural trade-offs
- Experience with API design and service contracts
- Security-minded approach to backend development
- Experience with observability, deployment strategies, incident response, and improving service health
- Ability to lead across team boundaries by communicating clearly, building alignment, and helping others make effective technical decisions
- Collaborative leadership and mentorship style with actionable feedback and high quality standards
- Pragmatic approach to balancing technical quality, delivery needs, and longer-term platform investment
- Preferred: experience with event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, or streaming systems
- Preferred: experience evolving or decomposing large or tightly coupled systems into modular services
- Preferred: experience improving performance, resilience, or operability of customer-facing platforms
- Preferred: experience working across distributed teams, time zones, or organizational boundaries
- Ability to work in Canada; application asks whether the candidate is authorized to work for any employer in Canada and whether immigration sponsorship is required
Benefits
Comp & perks- Annual company performance bonus program with a target annual bonus of 15%
- Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval, plan terms, and vesting requirements
- Health coverage
- Retirement savings
- Time off
- Family planning programs
- Hybrid work arrangement