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Rivian

Makes electric pickups, SUVs and delivery vans

Software Engineer 2

Backend EngineeringUpdated on Nov 12
Full-timeVancouver, BC, CanadaIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of professional software engineering experience, primarily on backend systems.
  • Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot or a similar framework.
  • Experience building and consuming REST APIs and integrating with third-party services.
  • Familiarity with relational databases and event-driven or messaging systems such as Kafka.
  • High attention to detail and ownership for correctness.
  • Clear communication skills and comfort working with non-engineering stakeholders.
  • Ability to identify patterns in repeated work and propose cleaner, more scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain backend services for tax and fee calculation, title and registration, and DMV status tracking.
  • Integrate with third-party partners, including tax and registration vendors and SAP, and help resolve issues with external teams.
  • Implement and maintain state- and jurisdiction-specific rules, and help move them toward configurable, maintainable systems.
  • Support new dealer and location launches, vehicle programs such as R2, and state expansions.
  • Work with Order Management, Finance, and Shop engineering teams to deliver end-to-end features.
  • Participate in on-call rotations, triage production issues, and support operational partners.
  • Write clean, well-tested code and contribute to code reviews, documentation, and team best practices.
  • Use AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor and Claude to speed up delivery and support work.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in automotive, e-commerce, fintech, or other regulated domains.
  • Knowledge of sales tax, vehicle registration, or financial calculations.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Kubernetes, or GitOps tools such as ArgoCD.
  • Exposure to ERP systems such as SAP.

About the Company

Rivian

Makes electric pickups, SUVs and delivery vans

Rivian designs and builds electric pickup trucks, SUVs, and delivery vans, pairing off-road ability with electronics and software it develops itself. In 2021, its R1T became the first fully electric pickup truck on the US consumer market, ahead of larger rivals such as Ford and Tesla. It makes the R1T pickup, the R1S and R2 SUVs, and commercial vans in Normal, Illinois, and sells them directly online and in its own stores rather than through dealers. Its vehicles run on Rivian's own software, which gains features through updates sent over the internet, and most revenue comes from vehicle sales, with service and optional software adding more. Rivian was founded in 2009 and is based in Irvine, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Irvine, CA
Founded
2009

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