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Principal Software Engineer, Performance

Nuro · Mountain View, California (HQ)

Posted Nov 12, 2026

Est. total comp~$201K–$317K

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Who We Are

Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us, that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platform: self-driving for all roads and all rides.

Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets. Powered by the Nuro Driver™, our universal autonomy platform enables the global mobility ecosystem to deploy autonomy at scale, from robotaxis and logistics fleets to personal vehicles.

With years of real-world deployment experience and a flexible, partner-led business model, Nuro is working toward a future where millions of autonomous vehicles powered by our technology help make everyday life safer, easier, and more connected.

Nuro has raised over $2B in capital from Uber, NVIDIA, Google, Softbank, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, and other leading investors.

About the Role

As a Principal Technical Lead on Onboard Performance, you will help define and build the high-performance, highly reliable foundation of the Nuro Driver. This role requires deep technical leadership across sensor and compute integration, onboard runtime systems, distributed execution, and autonomy software performance. …

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Required 6 items

Education: Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics or a related field

Experience: 9+ years of experience in software engineering, 5+ years of experience in technical leadership

Skills and tools: C++, Troubleshooting, Root cause analysis

Preferred 2 items

Skills and tools: Linux, Networking

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Crew department: Systems

Skills this kind of role usually asks for:

Logistics
Team leadership
Python and C++
Networking
Linux and cloud basics

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