Job description

About the team We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Backend Platform organization. In this role, you will build and improve the foundational systems, tooling, and platform capabilities that support engineering across the company. You will work on shared services, internal developer workflows, production readiness, observability, and platform automation that help teams build and operate software more effectively. This is a hands-on software engineering role for someone who enjoys solving systemic problems and building durable, scalable solutions. You will partner closely with teams across Backend Platform and product engineering to strengthen the reliability, maintainability, and usability of our platform. Success in this role will be measured by the impact, continuous improvement, and adoption of platform capabilities across engineering teams. What you will do Design, build, and maintain platform tooling, automation, and services that improve engineering efficiency, system reliability, and operational excellence. Contribute to the design, operation, and evolution of foundational backend systems, shared services, and platform capabilities used by multiple teams. Improve observability across backend services through better logging, monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and production diagnostics. Partner with product engineering, infrastructure, and other platform teams to identify platform gaps, operational bottlenecks, and scalability challenges, and deliver durable solutions. Build and improve internal tools, workflows, and automation that support software development, testing, deployment, and service operations. Support platform initiatives such as service hardening, migrations, modernization, and production readiness improvements. Advocate for best practices in software quality, testing, deployment safety, observability, and infrastructure automation. Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, and participate actively in code reviews and technical design discussions. Your profile 5 years of experience in software engineering, with meaningful experience in backend systems, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or developer tooling. Strong programming experience in at least one backend language such as Java, Kotlin, Go, or Python. Solid understanding of distributed systems, service architecture, APIs, and production operations. Experience operating services in cloud-native environments, including AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. Hands-on experience with observability, reliability, and deployment tooling, including logging, monitoring, alerting, CI/CD systems, and incident response workflows. Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code and declarative tooling such as Terraform, Helm, or Kustomize. Experience with platform security engineering, including Kubernetes security, container hardening, IAM, policy enforcement, or cloud security controls. Experience using AI-assisted development workflows and tools to accelerate software delivery, improve code quality, and enhance debugging, testing, or operational efficiency. Strong understanding of software testing practices, deployment safety, production readiness, and general platform engineering fundamentals. Demonstrates Turo’s values through work product and within day-to-day team interactions. Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field and relevant industry experience. Equivalent practical experience is also welcome. Bonus if you have Experience with incident management, postmortems, and reliability improvement efforts in production environments. Experience operating high-availability systems or supporting zero-downtime migrations. Familiarity with event-driven or asynchronous systems such as Kafka/MSK, Kinesis, or SQS. Experience building internal tools, CLIs, GitHub Actions, or workflow automation used by other engineers. Familiarity with platform security and cloud security tools such as Wiz, Semgrep. Experience modernizing legacy backend systems or improving shared platform architecture at scale. For this role, the target base salary range in San Francisco is $156,000–$195,000 annually. This role is also eligible for equity and benefits. In 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. #LI-NR1 #LI-Hybrid Turo Recruiting Scam Alert: We’ve learned that there are scammers targeting job candidates by impersonating Turo and its employees. We ask candidates to be careful of fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity during their job search, especially if they’re contacted through unofficial channels (such as Instagram, Telegram, MS Teams, etc.). In general, Turo interacts with candidates through our Careers page and via turo.com email addresses, and we don’t ask candidates for sensitive financial or personal info or request money as part of the hiring process (so an application fee or equipment costs). If candidates are not sure whether they’re dealing with an impersonator, they can contact Turo’s Recruiting Team at recruit turo.com . Candidates can also report suspicious activity to the FTC or other appropriate authorities. Turo AI Policy: Turo may use AI-enabled tools to support our recruiting operations, including gathering information from candidates, drafting communications, helping with interview note-taking and assessment, and so on. These tools only supplement our team; all decisions to advance or hire candidates are made by Turo employees. While we welcome candidates to use AI-enabled tools to help prepare for their interviews, the use of such tools, including any AI chatbots or note-takers, is not permitted during live interviews or technical assessments. We want to see how you consider and solve problems in real-time, so interviews and assessments are all you (unless we indicate otherwise and ask you specifically to use an AI-enabled tool to answer a question). If during the application process you require the use of an AI-enabled tool as a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please let us know at PeopleOps turo.com . 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 that s underrepresented in tech, we d love to meet you. Aside from an award winning work environment and the opportunity to be part of the world’s largest car sharing marketplace, we are also growing the team quickly - join us! Even if you don t 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 world’s largest car sharing marketplace where you can book the perfect car for wherever you’re going from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and France. Whether you re 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 driver s seat of an extraordinary selection of cars shared by local hosts. Discover Turo at turo.com , the App Store, and Google Play, and check out our blog, Field Notes . Read more about the Turo culture according to Turo CEO, Andre Haddad. 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 PeopleOps turo.com.

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About the team
Success in this role will be measured by the impact, continuous improvement, and adoption of platform capabilities across engineering teams.
What you will do Design, build, and maintain platform tooling, automation, and services that improve engineering efficiency, system reliability, and operational excellence.
Contribute to the design, operation, and evolution of foundational backend systems, shared services, and platform capabilities used by multiple teams.
Improve observability across backend services through better logging, monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and production diagnostics.
Partner with product engineering, infrastructure, and other platform teams to identify platform gaps, operational bottlenecks, and scalability challenges, and deliver durable solutions.
Build and improve internal tools, workflows, and automation that support software development, testing, deployment, and service operations.
Support platform initiatives such as service hardening, migrations, modernization, and production readiness improvements.
Advocate for best practices in software quality, testing, deployment safety, observability, and infrastructure automation.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, and participate actively in code reviews and technical design discussions.
Your profile 5 years of experience in software engineering, with meaningful experience in backend systems, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or developer tooling.
Strong programming experience in at least one backend language such as Java, Kotlin, Go, or Python.
Solid understanding of distributed systems, service architecture, APIs, and production operations.
Experience operating services in cloud-native environments, including AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Hands-on experience with observability, reliability, and deployment tooling, including logging, monitoring, alerting, CI/CD systems, and incident response workflows.
Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code and declarative tooling such as Terraform, Helm, or Kustomize.
Experience with platform security engineering, including Kubernetes security, container hardening, IAM, policy enforcement, or cloud security controls.
Experience using AI-assisted development workflows and tools to accelerate software delivery, improve code quality, and enhance debugging, testing, or operational efficiency.
Strong understanding of software testing practices, deployment safety, production readiness, and general platform engineering fundamentals.
Demonstrates Turo’s values through work product and within day-to-day team interactions.
Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field and relevant industry experience.
Equivalent practical experience is also welcome.
Experience operating high-availability systems or supporting zero-downtime migrations.

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Bonus if you have Experience with incident management, postmortems, and reliability improvement efforts in production environments.

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