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Cruisers have the opportunity to grow and develop while learning from leaders at the forefront of their fields. With a culture of internal mobility, there's an opportunity to thrive in a variety of disciplines. This is a place for dreamers and doers to succeed.

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, join us.

The Workplace Technology team as part of the Enterprise engineering is an exciting and a fast-evolving engineering group within Cruise IT. The team is responsible for identifying, designing, implementing and supporting the applications to create a streamlined workplace experience for Cruisers. As a Senior / Staff IT Engineer on the team, you will be leading the technical delivery of a wide variety of solutions under Workplace tools and technologies along with process automation and directly chipping in towards improvement of employee experience at Cruise. You will be driving strategic cross functional initiatives, technology assessment and end to end solution delivery by partnering with various technology teams including IT Ops, Enterprise Applications, Security, Identity, Infrastructure and business teams.

What you’ll be doing?

• Evaluate, innovate, develop, implement, and support any variety of internal SaaS Engineering automation systems geared to produce efficiency at scale
• Define and establish SaaS Engineering standards related to various automation and Workplace collaboration technologies
• Lead the Workplace Technology domain by aligning business requirements, IT strategies, detecting critical deficiencies, and recommending solutions for continuous improvement
• Serve as the domain expert on implementation, management, and support of Workplace technology products and IT applications
• Assess the systems architecture currently in place and working with IT applications and IT operations teams to recommend solutions to improve it
• Provide recommendations to end users, IT teams and leaders on standard methodologies and standardization in implementing and using processes within the IT Apps ecosystem
• Develop metrics and dashboards to provide end-users and business leadership with meaningful operational/performance metrics and status reports
• Lead on problem resolution, team decisions, and project planning
• Support multiple projects, including set-up and management of users, project roles, security, and plug-ins
• Design, develop, support and manage integrations to internal and external systems as required
• Deliver high quality software using Agile/Scrum development methodologies
• Conduct research and make recommendations on improvements to systems, tools, and processes
• Support technical requirements gathering, technical gap analysis, and contribute to backlog grooming
• Collaborate with other engineering teams in designing, implementing and integrating the business applications

What you must have?

• Information Technology application management, engineering and solution delivery experience (8+ years) and experience in technical / engineering lead roles (4+ years).
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, engineering or related field.
• Progressively related experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems, applications and major SaaS solutions
• Experience with process design, architecture, implementation, and solution delivery of secure & scalable services
• Programming: Java, JavaScript, or Python (proficient to expert level)
• Experience in platform management: monitoring tools (e.g. Datadog, Humio or similar) and Software Performance Optimization (memory, CPU, scaling, etc...)
• Experience with cloud implementations (PaaS, IaaS) in Azure, AWS or GCP
• Ability to lead and drive work independently across functions and collaborate with all levels of users and management
• Must be diligent, self-organized, be committed to quality and capable of tracking multiple work streams simultaneously
• Ability to work in a fast-changing, dynamic, and agile environment, including the ability to manage time and maintain an excellent work ethic
• Candidate must have mentoring and guidance skills to provide oversight and direction to contractors and internal members of the software development team
• Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations

Bonus Points!

• Experience with Identity & Access Management platforms (Okta, OAuth, etc)
• Experience with Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence)
• Experience in Robotic Process Automation platforms

Why Cruise?

• Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
  • Competitive salary and benefits 
  • 401(k) Cruise matching program 
  • Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
  • One Medical membership
  • Subsidized mental health benefits
  • Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
  • Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
  • Paid parental, jury duty, bereavement, family care and medical leave
  • Fertility Benefits
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
  • Flexible Spending Account 
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
  • CruiseFlex - a working policy for US-Based Cruisers that lets you and your manager find what working style is best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home or a combination of home and in-office time.

• We’re Integrated
  • Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.

• We’re Funded
  • GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price & 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.

• We’re Independent
  • We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the edge of technology, but also define it.

• We’re Vested
  • You won’t just own your work here, you’ll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow.
  • Recurring Liquidity Opportunity (RLO) - a unique equity program where employees, both current and former, have the option to sell any amount of their vested equity on a recurring basis, currently quarterly.

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, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, 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.

Vaccine Mandate. 

At Cruise, we’re tasked with leading in the communities we serve — and doing our part to help keep our communities and our teams safe. Our #StaySafe culture transcends and informs all we do, and because of this, as of October 31, 2021 Cruise will be mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all US-based Cruisers who need or want to access any of our US Cruise facilities and engage in any business travel — including attending any in-person Company-sponsored event. 

If you are unable to get a vaccine due to a medical condition, disability, or a strongly-held religious belief, Cruise will consider requests for an accommodation.

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.