Software Engineer, Cloud & Software FinOps

About Rivian Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations. Role Summary Rivian is looking for a Software Engineer to help build the internal products and platforms that make cloud and software spend more visible, efficient, and accountable. On the Cloud & Software FinOps team, you will work with experienced engineers and business partners to design, build, test, and operate software that manages Rivian’s application portfolio, optimizes cloud costs, and supports future FinOps capabilities. This is a hands-on role with opportunities across backend services, data pipelines, cloud automation, and full-stack internal products. You will turn real business and engineering problems into practical tools used by teams across Rivian. The role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys learning quickly, writing maintainable software, understanding how technology decisions affect cost and value, and seeing their work create measurable business impact. This role will be located in Atlanta, GA and report to our Director, Cloud & Software FinOps. Responsibilities Build and enhance internal software for application portfolio management, cloud cost optimization, and software efficiency. Develop backend services, APIs, integrations, and data pipelines that connect cloud cost, usage, resource, application, ownership, and portfolio data. Create dashboards and workflows that help engineers, technology leaders, Finance, Procurement, and application owners make informed decisions. Contribute to system design, database design, and infrastructure decisions, balancing scalability, reliability, security, usability, and cost. Use approved AI coding agents for implementation, testing, refactoring, and documentation; read, review, test, and debug the resulting code. Build secure, observable services using CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, logging, metrics, and tracing. Partner with Cloud Engineering, Finance, Procurement, Security, application teams, and other stakeholders to turn business problems into practical solutions. Troubleshoot issues, document technical decisions and operating procedures, and continuously improve the team’s products and processes. Qualifications A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field. Experience building software through coursework, internships, co-ops, research, personal projects, or prior employment; no specific number of years of professional experience is required. Experience with Python and/or TypeScript and the ability to read, review, test, and discuss code. Strong fundamentals in another modern programming language will also be considered. Foundational knowledge of system design, database design, cloud infrastructure, and the tradeoffs involved in building reliable services. Experience writing SQL and working with structured data, relational databases, data models, or data pipelines. An understanding of HTTP, REST APIs, data exchange formats, and service-to-service integrations. Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and at least one major cloud platform. Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, along with a willingness to seek guidance and take increasing ownership. Pay Disclosure The salary range for this role is $97,700 - $122,100 for Georgia based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs. The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian’s 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com. You can apply for this role through careers.rivian.com (or through internal-careers-rivian.icims.com if you are a current employee). This job is not expected to be closed any sooner than 10/30/26 Equal Opportunity Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. 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. Rivian 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 [email protected]. 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Rivian 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) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law. 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How We Use AI in Our Hiring Process: To ensure transparency, we want candidates to know that Rivian uses iCIMS Talent Cloud Artificial Intelligence (TCAI) and AI-enabled tools to assist with screening, reviewing, organizing and highlighting profiles and applications that match the key requirements for each role. AI does not make hiring decisions: Qualified candidate applications are reviewed by a member of our team, and all decisions throughout the process are made by humans. We use AI to support efficiency and consistency, not to replace human judgment. We are committed to a fair, thoughtful, and equitable experience for every candidate. Participation in AI profile matching is entirely voluntary. If you prefer that your profile not be used in this process, you can opt out at any time. Opting out means your profile will be excluded from automated matching and will not be surfaced for additional roles through this system. Your current application remains active and will not be affected in any way. Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.

Build and enhance internal software for application portfolio management, cloud cost optimization, and software efficiency. Develop backend services, APIs, integrations, and data pipelines that connect cloud cost, usage, resource, application, ownership, and portfolio data. Create dashboards and workflows that help engineers, technology leaders, Finance, Procurement, and application owners make informed decisions. Contribute to system design, database design, and infrastructure decisions, balancing scalability, reliability, security, usability, and cost. Use approved AI coding agents for implementation, testing, refactoring, and documentation; read, review, test, and debug the resulting code. Build secure, observable services using CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, logging, metrics, and tracing. Partner with Cloud Engineering, Finance, Procurement, Security, application teams, and other stakeholders to turn business problems into practical solutions. Troubleshoot issues, document technical decisions and operating procedures, and continuously improve the team’s products and processes.

A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field. Experience building software through coursework, internships, co-ops, research, personal projects, or prior employment; no specific number of years of professional experience is required. Experience with Python and/or TypeScript and the ability to read, review, test, and discuss code. Strong fundamentals in another modern programming language will also be considered. Foundational knowledge of system design, database design, cloud infrastructure, and the tradeoffs involved in building reliable services. Experience writing SQL and working with structured data, relational databases, data models, or data pipelines. An understanding of HTTP, REST APIs, data exchange formats, and service-to-service integrations. Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and at least one major cloud platform. Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, along with a willingness to seek guidance and take increasing ownership.