Who we are
Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.
The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.
At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.
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 to join Aurora’s FinOps team.
The FinOps team plays a critical role in optimizing and managing Aurora's significant cloud expenditures. Our core responsibilities include:
- Cost Management and Allocation: Developing frameworks and tools to accurately monitor, aggregate, and allocate costs across all cloud resources and systems.
- Policy and Compliance: Establishing a comprehensive cloud policy framework to manage policies across any cloud or platform resource, including notifications, acknowledgement, and automated actions for remediation.
- Analysis and Reporting: Delivering in-depth analysis and reporting on spending anomalies, budget adherence, and overall compliance.
- Efficiency Initiatives: We partner with engineering teams to identify and implement optimization strategies and policies for cloud usage, covering both compute resources and data storage. This ensures Aurora's infrastructure is both highly scalable and cost-effective.
To support the development of the Aurora Driver, hundreds of engineers execute millions of compute tasks daily, train machine learning models, and generate petabytes of data on our custom compute and data curation systems. The FinOps team plays a critical role in monitoring and optimizing resource usage for these activities. By effectively managing costs and enhancing operational efficiency, we ensure that all processes run efficiently, empowering innovation, sustained performance, and scalable growth at Aurora.
As a member of the FinOps team, you will learn to be instrumental in helping to manage and optimize our cloud spending. You will support the team by assisting in the design and implementation of tools and services that make cloud costs clear and efficient. Your role will be focused on learning the core FinOps framework and providing initial support for cost insights across the organization.
In this role you will
- Assist in developing and deploying monitoring and tools for allocating cloud costs, specifically for compute and data storage.
- Help create and maintain dashboards and reports to track spending patterns and flag potential cost anomalies for engineering teams.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to identify initial opportunities for cost savings and support efforts to optimize cloud resource usage.
- Monitor and manage resources primarily within AWS, gaining familiarity with various AWS products and services.
Required Qualifications
- Education: BS/MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Technical Proficiency: Foundational knowledge in a programming language such as Golang or Python with an eagerness to write clean and efficient code.
- System Navigation: Willingness and ability to learn how to navigate and understand existing codebases.
- Cloud Exposure: Basic familiarity with a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Software Commitment: A strong interest in developing practical software solutions that contribute to cost management and efficiency.
- Communication: Good communication skills, with a focus on clearly explaining technical concepts.
Desirable qualifications
- Coursework or projects involving cloud cost concepts.
- Familiarity with database concepts.
- Exposure to basic API and service development.
- Some experience with web development tools (e.g., ReactJS, HTML/CSS).
- Comfortable working within Linux or other Unix-based operating environments.
The base salary range for this position is $116,000 - $174,000 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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Working at Aurora
At Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together — all without any jerks.
We believe in-person work increases collaboration, empathy and our ability to lead effectively. As a result, we operate in a hybrid work environment where Aurorans are in office at least 3 days per week.
Our Careers page provides insight into what it is like to work at Aurora, and you can find all the latest updates in our Newsroom.
Our commitment to safety
At the core of everything we do is our commitment to safety. Building best-in-class self-driving technology will take time, and we believe that each employee at Aurora has a role in contributing to safety, every step of the way. Aurora expects commitment to our safety policies from every employee, and seeks candidates who take an active responsibility, can contribute to building an atmosphere of trust, and invest in the organization’s long-term success by prioritizing working safely, no matter what.
Our commitment to inclusion
Aurora considers candidates without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, parent or caregiver status, ancestry, political affiliation, veteran and/or military status, physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Aurora considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected].
For California applicants, information collected and processed as part of your application and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Aurora’s California Employment Privacy Policy.
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What We Do
Founded in 2017 by experts in the self-driving industry, Aurora is on a mission to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. To move both people and goods, the company is building the Aurora Driver, a platform that brings together software, hardware and data services to autonomously operate passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and heavy-duty trucks. Aurora is backed by Sequoia Capital, Baillie Gifford, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, among others, and is partnered with industry leaders including Toyota, Uber, Volvo, and PACCAR. Aurora tests its vehicles in the Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Dallas. The company has offices in those areas as well as in Bozeman, MT; Seattle, WA; Louisville, CO; and Wixom, MI. To learn more, visit aurora.tech.
Aurora is backed by Amazon and Sequoia, among others, and has partnerships with leading transportation companies including PACCAR, Uber, FCA, and Hyundai Group. It tests its vehicles in the Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Dallas and has offices in those cities as well as in Bozeman, Seattle, Denver, and Detroit.
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