About Rivian 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. Role Summary Rivian’s Commercial Technology Team is responsible for the end-to-end implementation of the digital experience outside the vehicle. That’s all of our customer and internal applications across web, mobile, and in-store experiences. To that end, we are developing a world-class technology platform that will make learning about, purchasing, and enjoying our electric adventure vehicles intuitive, seamless, and fun. As a Full Stack Engineer, we want you to join our diverse, talented, and collaborative group, building large-scale client-side applications using modern micro-frontends and micro-services. You will contribute to the creation of reusable frameworks and tooling, pushing for modularity and continuous integration and delivery. You will partner with other engineers, designers, and product managers to build these friendly and memorable experiences for our internal and external customers. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing team early on and help grow our digital technology platform's technical foundation. Responsibilities Create client-side applications along the vehicle customer journey, from the moment the customer takes the keys, to their experience when charging, to when their vehicle needs service. Collaborate with UX/UI designers and product designers to build user-friendly, immersive, reactive applications. Collaborate with data systems engineers to help define the endpoint integration needs of your team. Come together with your peers to share ideas, ask why with an open and curious mind, learn from each other’s diverse perspectives, and deliver great work as a team. Develop, unit test, and document performant code, ensuring efficient browser memory usage and fast load time. Define and help grow our end-to-end testing strategy and frameworks. Help define the architectural vision of the team. Mentor other engineers, helping them learn and improve their technical skills. Qualifications 2+ years of software engineering industry experience, ideally building large scale enterprise- grade systems. Experience building and maintaining distributed systems at scale that can handle millions of transactions/second. Proficiency with full-stack JavaScript/TypeScript development (NodeJS/ExpressJS). Proficiency with JavaScript/ES6, Webpack, React, Jest. Proficiency with AWS Lambdas or other serverless compute services. Proficiency with HTML5, SASS/LESS, Rest APIs, JSON, HTTP. Experience in building REST and/or GraphQL APIs. Experience defining and implementing integration and end-to-end testing strategies and frameworks. Experience with JEST, Mocha, and Cypress.io. Great understanding of Web Accessibility. Great understanding of caching, security, and privacy considerations. Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with cross-browser and cross-platform debugging. Clear and compelling communication of your thoughts and ideas. Experience with Agile and SCRUM in the software development life cycle. Pay Disclosure The salary range for this role is CAD$86,200 - $107,800 for Vancouver-based applicants and $116,300 - $145,400 for California-based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs. The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian’s 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. 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Software Engineer 2
Software Engineer 2 at Rivian's Commercial Technology Team, responsible for the end-to-end implementation of digital experiences outside the vehicle, including customer and internal applications across web, mobile, and in-store. The role involves building large-scale client-side applications using modern micro-frontends and micro-services, contributing to reusable frameworks and tooling, and partnering with other engineers, designers, and product managers.
What you'd actually do
- Create client-side applications along the vehicle customer journey, from the moment the customer takes the keys, to their experience when charging, to when their vehicle needs service.
- Collaborate with UX/UI designers and product designers to build user-friendly, immersive, reactive applications.
- Collaborate with data systems engineers to help define the endpoint integration needs of your team.
- Come together with your peers to share ideas, ask why with an open and curious mind, learn from each other’s diverse perspectives, and deliver great work as a team.
- Develop, unit test, and document performant code, ensuring efficient browser memory usage and fast load time.
Skills
Required
- 2+ years of software engineering industry experience
- building large scale enterprise-grade systems
- building and maintaining distributed systems at scale
- full-stack JavaScript/TypeScript development (NodeJS/ExpressJS)
- JavaScript/ES6
- Webpack
- React
- Jest
- AWS Lambdas or other serverless compute services
- HTML5
- SASS/LESS
- Rest APIs
- JSON
- HTTP
- building REST and/or GraphQL APIs
- defining and implementing integration and end-to-end testing strategies and frameworks
- JEST
- Mocha
- Cypress.io
- Web Accessibility
- caching
- security
- privacy considerations
- CI/CD pipelines
- cross-browser and cross-platform debugging
- Clear and compelling communication
- Agile and SCRUM
Nice to have
- micro-frontends
- micro-services
What the JD emphasized
- building large scale enterprise-grade systems
- building and maintaining distributed systems at scale that can handle millions of transactions/second