Staff Software Engineer, Platform

Posted 3 Days Ago
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San Francisco, CA
Mid level
The Role
As a Staff Software Engineer at Turo, you will work collaboratively with product engineering and devops teams to enhance the scalability and efficiency of our services. Responsibilities include writing maintainable code, conducting tests, engaging in code reviews, optimizing architecture, and creating tools for system diagnostics.
Summary Generated by Built In

<p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Turo is the world’s largest car sharing marketplace where you can book the perfect car for wherever you’re going from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and France. Whether you're flying in from afar or looking for a car down the street, searching for a rugged truck or something smooth and swanky, Turo puts you in the driver's seat of an extraordinary selection of cars shared by local hosts.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>About the team:</strong></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We are looking for brilliant software engineers who have a passion for consumer products and want to join an energetic team that is changing the way people think about travel. We ship code daily, A/B test extensively, and have a primary role in creating the product from inception to implementation. There’s much to do, and you’ll be responsible for making some real cool stuff happen.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Our APIs, internal services, and web app are at the core of our stable of software that’s reinventing mobility. Be a member of a team of talented engineers and designers and play a major role in shaping an exciting app that’s changing how people travel and think about car ownership.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Learn more about our Engineering team here: </strong><a href="https://www.beforeyouapply.com/team/engineering-at-turo"><strong>https://www.beforeyouapply.com/team/engineering-at-turo</strong></a></span></p>
<h3 style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you will do:</strong></span></h3>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Collaborate with product engineering and devops teams to develop Turo into a scalable service.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Make sure our engineers have an awesome time developing—help them move faster and smoother from onboarding to launching services and products, with built-in observability.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Generate maintainable, high-quality code, conduct thorough testing, engage in collaborative code reviews, and oversee the shipping process.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify opportunities for enhancing and scaling our architecture and application design.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Create tools and utilities for diagnosing and resolving issues within the system</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ensure proper technical design and documentation.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Operate effectively in a dynamic and expanding environment, adapting to constant change, where fluid processes and creative solutions are valued.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Apply your skills to elevate the technical standards and provide guidance on architectural decisions</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lead significant projects and concurrently provide mentorship to fellow team engineers.</span></li>
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<h3 style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Your profile:</strong></span></h3>
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<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">7+ years experience shipping high-scale code to production.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Fluent in at least one language - e.g., Java, Python, Ruby, Go, or C</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Possess strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, database concepts, distributed systems, and search.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Strong communicator. Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support, and other engineers is no problem for you.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy solving problems and helping others meet their goals.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience with logging, monitoring and alerting systems and tools.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Passionate about search, streaming, database or other backend technologies.</span></li>
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<h3 style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Bonus if you have:</strong></span></h3>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bachelor's/Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Curious about container orchestration systems such as kubernetes and infrastructure as code tools such as terraform.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The SF base salary target range for this full-time position is $174,000 - $218,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in San Francisco, CA. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your work location during the hiring process.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#LI-BG1</span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">#LI-NR1</span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><h2><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Benefits</strong></span></h2>
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<li style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Competitive salary, equity, benefits, and perks for all full-time employees</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (Country specific)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Retirement employer match</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">$2,000 Learning &amp; Development stipend to invest in your professional development</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">$1,000 USD Turo host matching and $1,500 USD vehicle reimbursement program</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">$100 USD Monthly Turo travel credit</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Cell phone, internet and Fringe benefit stipend</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Paid time off to relax and recharge</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Paid holidays, volunteer time off, and parental leave</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">For those who are in the office full-time or hybrid we have weekly in-office lunch, office snacks, and fun activities</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Annual Turbo Week (week-long, company-wide conference)</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We are committed to building a diverse team. If you are from a background that's underrepresented in tech, we'd love to meet you.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aside from an award winning</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">work environment and the opportunity to be part of the world’s largest car sharing marketplace, we are also growing the team quickly - join us!</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp; Even if you don't meet every qualification, we are looking for people with enthusiasm for what we do and we will consider you for this and other possibilities.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Turo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program.&nbsp; Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.&nbsp; We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Turo will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, as applicable.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We welcome candidates with physical, mental, and/or neurological disabilities. If you require assistance applying for an open position, or need accommodation during the recruiting process due to a disability, please submit a request to People Operations by emailing<em> </em></span><span style="color: #236fa1;"><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>About Turo</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Turo is the world’s largest car sharing marketplace where you can book the perfect car for wherever you’re going from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and France. Whether you're flying in from afar or looking for a car down the street, searching for a rugged truck or something smooth and swanky, Turo puts you in the driver's seat of an extraordinary selection of cars shared by local hosts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Discover Turo at </span><a href="https://turo.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #236fa1;">https://turo.co</span>m</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the App Store, and Google Play, and check out our blog, </span><a href="https://blog.turo.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #236fa1;">Field Note</span>s</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://medium.com/@andre_haddad/connecting-the-dots-to-a-compelling-not-cultish-company-culture-35dc871cba08"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #236fa1;">Read more</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about the Turo culture according to Turo CEO, Andre Haddad.</span></span></p>
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