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Senior Software Engineer, Map Platform

Nuro

Mountain View, CAJob$194–291K/yrPosted 4 days agoStill listed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$194–291K/yr
Location
Mountain View, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Nuro’s Mapping team builds machine-learning infrastructure to advance autonomous driving and robot navigation for logistics and transportation. The Senior Software Engineer will focus on HD map generation and release pipelines, scalable workflows for first- and third-party map data, and APIs for internal users. The role also improves existing workflows and tooling and collaborates with other mapping teams to identify issues and share knowledge.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Distributed SystemsData Storage and Processing SystemsAdvanced AlgorithmsC++PythonMultithreadingSoftware Performance TuningTechnology DevelopmentDebuggingProblem-SolvingClean Code

Qualifications

BS in Computer Science, Robotics, or Quantitative Area

Full job description

Who We Are

Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. Founded in 2016, Nuro is building the world’s most scalable driver, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives the automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale, empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future.

About the Role

The Mapping team in Nuro takes a machine learning-first path to unblock geographic capability with lower costs. This team plays a crucial role in the advancement of autonomous driving systems by creating and improving different components in the full lifecycle of ML models for multiple teams in this organization. We are searching for an engineer with experience building reliable and scalable machine learning infrastructure and a strong desire to contribute to the future of robot navigation for logistics and transportation.

About the Work

  • Mainly focus on building and improving HD map generation and release pipelines.

  • Develop scalable workflows to manage first party and third party map data.

  • Develop and manage APIs for internal users to access data.

  • Improve and refactor existing workflows and toolings to boost efficiency.

  • Engage with other mapping teams to help identify issues and establish long-term relationships that include knowledge sharing.

About You

  • BS in Computer Science, Robotics or another quantitative area.

  • You have experience in one or more of the following areas: large-scale distributed systems; data storage and processing systems; advanced algorithms using C++ and Python; multithreading; and software performance tuning and optimization.

  • Ability to efficiently develop, debug, and support new technologies in a changing environment.

  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to write production-quality clean code.

At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected base pay range is between $193,930 and $291,150 for the level at which this job has been scoped. Your base pay will depend on several factors, including your experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.

At Nuro, we celebrate differences and are committed to a diverse workplace that fosters inclusion and psychological safety for all employees. Nuro is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and expressly prohibits any form of workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 41,225 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$194–291K/yr
  • California median$165–245K/yr7,655 salary ranges
  • US median$134–215K/yr32,917 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $243K, is 18% above the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,529 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 41,225 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (33,478 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 14,294 of the 41,225 open Software Engineer jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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