Hiring: Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure, Autonomy Company: Rivian Location: Palo Alto, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 10:28:30 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Agile, ArgoCD, Azure, CDK, CI/CD, Cloud Functions, Cloud Native, Cloud Storage, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Datadog, Docker Swarm, ECS, EKS, GCP, Git, GitHub, GitLab, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, Java, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Lambda, Linux, Microservices, Prometheus, Pulumi, Python, RDS, S3, Terraform About the job Experience: •5+ Yrs. of software engineering or in ML/Dev/Data Ops role. •5+ Yrs. Experience authoring, scaling, and managing production infrastructure. •5+ Yrs. Experience with Kubernetes, cloud CI/CD tools, and core cloud services across compute, storage, networking, identity, and secrets management (e.g., AWS EKS/ECS/S3/Lambda/RDS/Systems Manager/Secrets Manager/CloudTrail, Azure AKS/Blob Storage/Functions, or GCP GKE/Cloud Storage/Cloud Functions). •5+ Yrs. Infrastructure as Code and configuration management (Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK). •5+ Yrs. Experience monitoring applications across cloud environments using Datadog, Prometheus, or native tools such as AWS CloudWatch, or Google Cloud Operations. Required Skills: •Lead, build, test and release complex mission-critical infrastructure services for Rivian's Autonomy team on cloud and/or on-prem. •Setup fault tolerant multi-region environments for data operations and data applications. •Own CI/CD pipeline for apps and data projects. •Define on-call strategy and participate in on-call rotations. •Make developers' lives smooth via automated workflows. •Build and optimize highly reliable, scalable, and distributed infra using microservice architecture. •Partner cross-functionally with the security & privacy team to perform audits and mitigate any findings. •Partner cross-functionally with cross-functional Autonomy teams for development and integrations. Qualifications: •Linux internals, networking, and distributed computing are a plus. •AWS or GCP certification, or a Cloud Native (CNCF) certification, is a plus. Compensation: •$206,500 - $258,100 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!