Role SummaryCommercial Technology builds the systems behind how customers buy, finance, and take delivery of their Rivian. Our team owns the backend services that calculate taxes and fees, manage title and registration, power finance and lease pricing, and connect Rivian with external partners like DMV service providers, lenders, and our ERP. Our work directly affects every vehicle delivery, including the launch of R2.
We're looking for a Software Engineer II to join our backend team and help build and scale the services that make sure every customer is charged correctly and every vehicle is titled and registered correctly. You'll work across state-specific tax and fee rules, third-party integrations, and order management workflows, and partner closely with Title & Registration Operations, Tax, Finance, and Program Management. This role fits someone who enjoys going deep in a complex domain, values accuracy, and wants to build systems that scale as we expand to new states, dealers, and vehicle programs.
Responsibilities- Design, build, and maintain backend services for tax and fee calculation, title and registration, and DMV status tracking
- Integrate with third-party partners (e.g., tax/registration vendors, SAP) and help drive issues to resolution 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 (e.g., R2), and state expansions
- Work with Order Management, Finance, and Shop engineering teams to deliver end-to-end features
- Take part 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 (e.g., Cursor, Claude) to speed up delivery and support work
Qualifications- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience, mainly on backend systems
- Strong proficiency in Java (Spring Boot or similar)
- Experience building and consuming REST APIs and integrating with third-party services
- Familiarity with relational databases and event-driven or messaging systems (e.g., Kafka)
- High attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership for correctness
- Clear communication skills and comfort working with non-engineering stakeholders
- Ability to spot patterns in repeated work and propose cleaner, more scalable solutions
Nice to Have- Experience in automotive, e-commerce, fintech, or other regulated domains
- Knowledge of sales tax, vehicle registration, or financial calculations
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), Kubernetes, or GitOps tools like ArgoCD
- Exposure to ERP systems such as SAP
Pay DisclosureThe salary range for this role is $86,200 - $107,800 for Vancouver-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).
Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services. 
