Software Engineer, Cloud Engineer - Software

Job#: 3036042

Job Description: Software Engineer

Location: Foster City, California (Onsite)

Employment Type: Contract

An opportunity is available for a Software Engineer to join a team focused on developing autonomous vehicle technology. This role involves migrating and optimizing data infrastructure, contributing to system architecture, and collaborating with cross‑functional engineering teams to deliver robust solutions.

• Migrate existing data infrastructure, specifically from Postgre
  
  SQL to Dynamo
  
  DB (DDB).
• Split single databases into multiple sharded databases.
• Design, deploy (using Terraform), and implement highly available and resilient systems.
• Contribute to long‑term architecture, technology initiatives, and technical roadmap.
• Work cross‑functionally with engineering, product, and program management teams.
• Develop and adapt software on Kotlin and Python microservices.

• Education: BS / MS in Computer Science or a similar degree.
• Experience: 7+ years of relevant experience, including successfully shipping large‑scale backend services or platforms to production.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Proficiency with Kotlin, Spring Boot, REST API design patterns, and database technologies. Experience running production services using cloud infrastructure such as Kubernetes and Docker. Deep experience with AWS, including IAM, Dynamo
  
  DB (DDB), and Postgre
  
  SQL for multi‑region deployments.

• Experience in transportation, robotics, logistics, or autonomous vehicles.
• Experience with protocol buffers (protobufs) and gRPC.
• Experience with LLM-based coding tools.
• Experience with observability frameworks and tools like Open Telemetry and Grafana.

This position is 100% on‑site, Monday through Friday. It is a 6‑month contract with the potential for extension.

This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.