We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.
We’re building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.
In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work.
Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.
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The cloud engineering organization provides a highly resilient, performant, and secure computing platform that hosts our core backend services to control our fleet of vehicles, runs driving simulations at scale, and provides the backbone of our AI computing and training platform.
Our mission is to provide Cruise with a world-class cloud experience by building end-to-end platforms that promote and drive reliability, scalability, efficiency, and developer productivity.
We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager with an extensive engineering background, experience working with cloud infrastructure, and passion for providing a world-class cloud ecosystem. As the leader of the cloud engineering organization, we are looking for someone who can identify and drive the organization's long-term strategic vision, coordinate with cross-functional leaders, and deliver against an ambitious set of priorities.
What you’ll be doing:
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Lead and grow multiple groups of engineers within the cloud engineering team.
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Advising leadership at the director+ level on technical strategy and tech teams' talent needs.
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Ensure org health and structure are optimal for the smooth execution against our goals.
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Ensure that best practices for engineering are adopted and followed.
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Drive strategic planning, vision setting, and establishing scalable processes for execution.
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Build and retain world-class engineering teams through mentorship and career development.
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Work with teams across Cruise to foster a collaborative testing, safety, and documentation culture.
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Pursue transformative technologies that enable us to support scaling and bring affordable productivity to bend the cost curve while driving significant change for cloud engineering.
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Guide the team to find the right balance between delivering impact and addressing technical debt.
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Help define, build, and embody Cruise engineering culture and principles.
Relevant Technologies:
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Go
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gRPC
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Istio
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Kubernetes
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Docker
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Continuous Delivery
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Buildkite
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GCP
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OpenTelemetry
What you must have:
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12+ years of total experience, ideally 5+ years of management experience.
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BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Operations Research, or other technical field, or equivalent work experience in a relevant field.
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Prior experience managing, leading, and growing multiple teams and building strong organizations.
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Proven track record of shipping production-quality software for mission-critical or complex software products.
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Demonstrated experience thinking strategically with analytical and problem-solving experience.
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Experience managing container-based workloads using Kubernetes or other orchestration software.
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Ability to manage competing priorities, focus on shipping, and work well under pressure.
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Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world.
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Experience managing competing priorities with a focus on shipping and working effectively under pressure.
Bonus Points!
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Experience working with GCP and Azure
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Experience owning or contributing to Open Source projects
The salary range for this position is $171,400 - $252,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.
Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Medical / dental / vision, Life and AD&D
- Subsidized mental health benefits
- Paid time off and holidays
- Paid parental, medical, family care, and military leave of absence
- 401(k) Cruise matching program
- Fertility benefits
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Flexible Spending Account & Health Saving Account
- Perks Wallet program for benefits/perks
- Pre-tax Commuter benefit plan for local employees
- CruiseFlex, our location-flexible work policy. (Learn more about CruiseFlex).
- Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.
- GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, and Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.
Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.
Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email HR@getcruise.com.
We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Candidates applying for roles that operate and remotely operate the AV: Licensed to drive a motor vehicle in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding your application, currently holding an active in-state regular driver’s license or equivalent, and no more than one point on driving record. A successful completion of a background check, drug screen and DMV Motor Vehicle Record check is also required.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.
No Application Deadline