Software Engineer, Performance Tooling and Infrastructure
Nuro · Mountain View, California (HQ)
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 82 days Nuro's roles stay open a median of 82 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 3% of Nuro's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Nuro
- high 110 stale, 0 reposted of 110 open
- Hiring momentum
- 139 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Nuro's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Nuro.
About this role
As a Software Engineer for Performance Tooling and Infrastructure at Nuro, you will develop and maintain a performance simulation platform that evaluates software and hardware integration for autonomous vehicles. Your responsibilities include building job orchestration layers, ensuring platform reliability, designing data pipelines for performance metrics, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet performance analysis needs. This role requires a high level of ownership and technical leadership in a fast-paced environment.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Nuro as an employer.
What you need
- 3+ years of industry software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Working proficiency in C++
- Experience building data pipelines, ingestion, transformation, storage, and visualization
- Familiarity with SQL and analytical workflows
- Deep comfort with Linux systems
Nice to have
- Experience with performance engineering, especially around tooling integration
- Experience in robotics or AV, particularly with NVIDIA DriveOS stack
What you get
- Base pay range between $152,000 and $228,000
- Annual performance bonus
- Equity
- Competitive benefits package
Worth weighing
- High ownership and autonomy in a small team
- Role involves significant cross-functional collaboration
- Fast-paced environment may require balancing long-term architecture with short-term delivery
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Listed by Nuro on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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