Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

Overview

Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platform

• Design, build, and maintain platform tooling, automation, and services that improve engineering efficiency, system reliability, and operational excellence.
• Contribute to the design, operation, and evolution of foundational backend systems, shared services, and platform capabilities used by multiple teams.
• Improve observability across backend services through better logging, monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and production diagnostics.
• Partner with product engineering, infrastructure, and other platform teams to identify platform gaps, operational bottlenecks, and scalability challenges, and deliver durable solutions.
• Build and improve internal tools, workflows, and automation that support software development, testing, deployment, and service operations.
• Support platform initiatives such as service hardening, migrations, modernization, and production readiness improvements.
• Advocate for best practices in software quality, testing, deployment safety, observability, and infrastructure automation.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code, and participate actively in code reviews and technical design discussions.

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with meaningful experience in backend systems, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or developer tooling.
• Strong programming experience in at least one backend language such as Java, Kotlin, Go, or Python.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, service architecture, APIs, and production operations.
• Experience operating services in cloud‑native environments, including AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Hands‑on experience with observability, reliability, and deployment tooling: logging, monitoring, alerting, CI/CD systems, and incident response workflows.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure‑as‑code and declarative tooling such as Terraform, Helm, or Kustomize.
• Experience with platform security engineering:
  Kubernetes security, container hardening, IAM, policy enforcement, or cloud security controls.
• Experience using AI‑assisted development workflows and tools to accelerate software delivery, improve code quality, and enhance debugging, testing, or operational efficiency.
• Strong understanding of software testing practices, deployment safety, production readiness, and general platform engineering fundamentals.
• Demonstrates Turo’s values through work product and within day‑to‑day team interactions.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience with incident management, postmortems, and reliability improvement efforts in production environments.
• Experience operating high‑availability systems or supporting zero‑downtime migrations.
• Familiarity with event‑driven or asynchronous systems such as Kafka/MSK, Kinesis, or SQS.
• Experience building internal tools, CLIs, Git Hub Actions, or workflow automation used by other engineers.
• Familiarity with platform security and cloud security tools such as Wiz or Semgrep.
• Experience modernizing legacy backend systems or improving shared platform architecture at scale.

Target base salary range in San Francisco: $156,000–$195,000 annually. Eligible for equity and benefits.

• Employer‑paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Retirement with employer match.
• Learning &Development stipend for professional development.
• Turo host matching program.
• Turo travel credit.
• Cell phone and internet stipend.
• Paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, and parental leave.
• In‑office lunch, snacks, and fun activities for those in office full‑time or hybrid.

Hybrid work in San Francisco: office presence 3 days per week (Mon, Wed, Thu). Office presence is an essential function.

Turo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal E‑Verify program. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. Turo will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, as applicable. We welcome candidates with physical, mental, and/or neurological disabilities.

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