Staff Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

San Francisco, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 182000 - 228000

Posted on: 22 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About the team:

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Core Platform team within the Backend Platform organization. This team owns the foundational backend systems shared services and platform infrastructure that power critical product and business capabilities across the company.

In this role you will operate as a senior technical leader responsible for designing evolving and modernizing core platform systems that are already in production. You will lead complex high-impact initiatives such as large-scale migrations architectural re-designs and system modernizationoften under constraints of uptime scale and backwards compatibility.

This is a hands-on engineering role with broad influence where success is measured by platform stability scalability and long-term maintainability not by feature velocity alone.

Learn more about our Engineering team

here: you will do:

Design and operate core backend platform services used by multiple teams.
Lead architectural improvements to systems showing stress at scale.
Execute large multi-phase migrations with minimal downtime and risk.
Own and evolve event-driven and asynchronous systems.
Define and maintain platform APIs shared libraries.
Partner with infrastructure reliability and security teams to ensure systems are secure observable and cost-efficient.
Establish best practices for backend design data consistency caching and production readiness.
Provide technical mentorship through design reviews and architectural guidance.
Influence the platform roadmap through system-level insight and risk assessment.
Partner with product engineering teams and key stakeholders to shape how our platform supports the business providing technical guidance influencing architectural decisions and driving solutions that have visible impact across the company.

Your profile:

8 years of experience building backend or platform systems.
Strong proficiency in Java Kotlin or Go.
Experience designing and operating distributed systems in production.
Solid understanding of service architecture and API design.
Hands-on experience with AWS Kubernetes and Docker.
Strong background in data modeling consistency and migrations.
Experience operating high-availability systems.
Ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives without formal authority.
Clear effective technical communication skills.

Bonus if you have:

Experience leading large-scale infrastructure or cloud migrations.
Hands-on experience with Kafka/MSK Kinesis or similar streaming systems.
Proven success with zero-downtime data and schema migrations.
Strong expertise in Redis or similar caching systems.
Experience modernizing legacy backend stacks (e.g. Spring Boot / Java upgrades).
Familiarity with OpenSearch/Elasticsearch operations and optimization.
Experience upgrading and operating Kubernetes clusters at scale.
Advanced use of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code.
Ability to resolve systemic scalability or reliability issues through architecture changes.

For this role the target base salary range in San Francisco is $182000$228000 annually. This role is also eligible for equity and general our ranges reflect the market-based target for new hire salaries based on the level and location of the role. Within the range individual pay is determined by objective factors assessed during the application and interview process such as job-related skills experience and relevant education or training. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits available for this role.

Turo highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule Turists will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays. Turo considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Turo offers.

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Benefits

Competitive salary equity benefits and perks for all full-time employees
Employer-paid medical dental and vision insurance (Country specific)
Retirement employer match
Learning & Development stipend to invest in your professional development
Turo host matching program
Turo travel credit
Cell phone and internet stipend
Paid time off to relax and recharge
Paid holidays volunteer time off and parental leave
For those who are in the office full-time or hybrid we have in-office lunch office snacks and fun activities

We are committed to building a diverse team. If you are from a background thats underrepresented in tech wed love to meet you.

Aside from an award winning work environment and the opportunity to be part of the worlds largest car sharing marketplace we are also growing the team quickly - join us! Even if you dont meet every qualification we are looking for people with enthusiasm for what we do and we will consider you for this and other possibilities.

About Turo

Turo is the worlds largest car sharing marketplace where you can book the perfect car for wherever youre going from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US UK Canada Australia and France. Whether youre flying in from afar or looking for a car down the street searching for a rugged truck or something smooth and swanky Turo puts you in the drivers seat of an extraordinary selection of cars shared by local hosts.

Discover Turo at the App Store and Google Play and check out our blog Field Notes.

Turo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. Women minorities individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We welcome people of different backgrounds experiences abilities and perspectives.

Turo will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance as applicable.

We welcome candidates with physical mental and/or neurological disabilities. If you require assistance applying for an open position or need accommodation during the recruiting process due to a disability please submit a request to People Operations by emailing

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About the team:We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Core Platform team within the Backend Platform organization. This team owns the foundational backend systems shared services and platform infrastructure that power critical product and business capabilities across the company.In thi...