Software Engineer, Backend

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.

As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

At Rivian, we’re reimagining what mobility can be. Beyond redesigning the automobile, we’re rethinking the entire ecosystem. From excitement to sustainability, utility to comfort, we’re working to deliver joyful mobility experiences without the pain points of today.

• Partner closely with Product lead to provide solutions and recommendations – you are able to drive ambiguity out of requirements and articulate the broadly applicable solutions .
• Define interfaces and work with 3rd party integration APIs
• Design, extend and review software architecture – be hands on and involved with every stage of the product development life cycle
• Develop state of the art code – influence/establish the software development culture of the team. Establish standards and best practice for software engineering

• 3+ years of relevant industry experience, with 1+ years of building large scale enterprise grade systems in Python, Node/Typescript, SQL, NoSQL.
• Experience with microservices (serverless, containers) in cloud environment (AWS, GCP, AZURE).
• Meticulous around visibility of the systems you build – metrics, centralized logging, tracing
• Experience developing API’s with the care they deserve – REST with OpenApi, Swagger
• Experience with 3rd party system integration (sync/async)
• In-depth knowledge of application development ( RESTful APIs, JSON, Kubernetes, Kafka, Docker)
• Knowledge of event driven architecture (Kafka/Kinesis, Event Bridge) a plus
• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines
• Good understanding of caching, security and privacy principles
• Comfortable navigating trade-offs to bring the right data structure and algorithms to the problem
• Dedicated to unit, integration testing and coverage – comfortable using tools of the trade on profiling, source control
• Experience with Agile Development, SCRUM or a similar software development life cycle process
• Strong technical background in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technology field

Salary Range, CA Based Applicants: $116,300 - $145,300 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).

Benefits Summary: Rivian provides robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26. Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Rivian covers most of the premium

Equal Opportunity

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [email protected] .

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Rivian may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian affiliates; and (iii) Rivian’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Rivian may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.

Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.