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2022 Summer Internship - Software Engineer - Full Stack

Application Deadline by Feb 13, 2022.

Opportunity Overview:
Artificial intelligence enabled automation is one of the biggest opportunities of our generation. Here at TuSimple, it is more than just an opportunity, it is our mission. Led by a group of elite researchers and engineers, we are working tirelessly to bring safe and reliable autonomous trucking to reality. This transformative endeavor can reduce energy consumptions in the trucking industry, make goods and services more affordable and efficient, and eventually, profoundly improve the quality of life of everyone, including you and me.

As a Full Stack Engineering Intern at TuSimple, you will work on both the back-end infrastructure and front-end Web UIs of various projects, from our offboard infrastructure services to the onboard system, to bring automation and visualization to the company. Your work will greatly improve the efficiency of the research of our algorithm scientists, and expedite the development of engineering infrastructure projects.

Example projects we are working on include:

  • Building pipeline scheduling and execution platform, as well as the corresponding frontend to manage and interact with the platform, to do analysis of our simulations and datasets;
  • Developing on-premises cluster projects as well as utilizing public cloud computing infrastructure services;
  • Building front-end Web Interface for engineers and testops to control and monitor the onboard system, that visualize in real time, the perceived surroundings and decided routes of our autonomous driving system;
  • Building web-based tools to optimize the labeling of our datasets to greatly increase the efficiency and correctness

Role Responsibilities
  • Discover and optimize performance bottlenecks in existing backend systems, such as database queries, storage solutions, to increase the responsiveness of user queries;
  • Architect, implement and maintain performant and scalable data processing backend systems that can handle a tremendous amount of data generated daily;
  • Work with various teams globally, such as prediction, simulation, and onboard runtime, to build web-based tools to facilitate their development lifecycle;
  • Work with SRE team to identify issues to increase the stability and performance of our private computing service

Experience & Skills Required:
  • Enrolled in a MS/PhD program in Computer Science or related majors, or BS program with relevant internship experience 
  • Experience with Python or C++ development
  • Experience with modern standard of Javascript development, with frameworks such as Node.js/npm, Vue.js, react.js, etc 
  • Passionate about discovering drawbacks of existing systems and working with users to improve the experiences

Preferred Skills and Experience:
  • Experience with 3D Graphics (WebGL, OpenGL, three.js)
  • Experience with web frameworks such as Flask, Django
  • Experience with cloud services, such as AWS
  • Good understanding of containers, build systems, and infrastructure automation

Intern Perks
  • Work with world class AI Engineers
  • Shape the landscape of autonomous driving
  • Work on significantly important and mission critical projects
  • Extensive individual support through TuSimple’s Mentorship Program
  • Competitive salary
  • High full-time employment return rates after completion of Internship Program 
  • Gym membership reimbursement
  • Monthly team building budget
  • Onsite Perks (These perks will only be applicable if the internship is onsite)
  • Breakfast, lunch, and dinner served every day
  • Full kitchens on every floor with unlimited snacks, drinks, special treats, fruits, meals, and more