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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform - **Company:** Rivian - **Location:** Berlin, Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cyber Security, Distributed Systems, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Protocol Buffers, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), Octopus Deploy, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), TypeScript, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, Performance Testing, Backend, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Api Design - **Published:** September 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ae569c4bb7e050a4 ## About the Role * At least 5 years of software engineering experience focused on distributed systems, high-scale backend services, or streaming and messaging platforms. * Strong proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language and willingness to work primarily in Go, with occasional work in Java and TypeScript client SDKs. * Practical experience building and operating production services, including observability and troubleshooting. * Solid foundations in API design, networking, concurrency, and distributed systems with working knowledge of Kubernetes., * Hands-on experience with high-throughput messaging systems such as NATS, Kafka, or MQTT. * Experience with Kubernetes and owning service deployments; familiarity with GitOps/Argo CD and infrastructure as code. * Strong knowledge of HTTP/2, TCP, L4/L7 load balancing along with experience operating gRPC services in production is a major plus. * Familiarity with mTLS, certificates, service identity, secure transport and authentication patterns. * Track record of maintaining or making contributions to established open-source projects. ## Description As a Senior Software Engineer, you will build and operate services and APIs that hide messaging, routing, and authorization complexity from product teams. This is hands-on platform work: you will solve distributed-systems problems, trace failures across the stack, and carry changes from design through production., * Design, build, and operate cloud services and gRPC/Protobuf APIs that let product teams read vehicle state, subscribe to changes, and send commands. * Operate and tune NATS, our high-performance messaging system, including configuration, upgrades, troubleshooting, performance validation, and capacity planning. * Own services end to end, from implementation through deployment and production operation, using Kubernetes, GitOps/Argo CD, and infrastructure as code. * Diagnose production behavior using metrics, traces, logs, dashboards, and alerts. * Design, operate, and tune service networking, load balancers, and L4/L7 traffic routing. * Develop and run end-to-end, integration, and load tests to catch functional and performance regressions before production., Parallax Cloud engineers collaborate closely with both product and cloud platform teams, creating a unique opportunity to shape how connected features are designed and how the underlying platform evolves. The role offers broad visibility across the system and meaningful influence on decisions on both sides. You will have the autonomy to investigate problems and carry improvements from design through rollout., Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at candidateaccommodations@rivian.com. Candidate Data Privacy Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies" may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes ("Candidate Personal Data"). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) record keeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies affiliates; and (iii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies' service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions. If you provide a mobile telephone number as part of your application or during the recruitment process, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use that number to contact you via SMS text message for recruitment-related purposes, including scheduling, logistics, and status updates. Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying STOP to any text message you receive from us. 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