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About the Company

At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business.

A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight.

Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer.

What you’ll do:  

We are seeking a Software Engineer highly skilled in implementing and maintaining linux and cloud-based data management solutions at petabyte scale.  In this role you will be responsible for working closely with engineers to drive the technical road map of AWS-native data ingestion, ETL, and storage solutions that power data driven analytics, simulation, and ML training across the enterprise. 

• Create robust and resilient pipelines to process massive daily volumes of data created by vehicle fleets 

• Scale Torc’s data lake through a distributed storage system, data crawling and discovery 

• Promote and protect the integrity of data through validation, versioning, and data provenance 

• Support the expansion of Torc’s data lake through acquisition of additional data sets from internal and external sources 

• Govern data access throughout the data lake at table, column, and row levels 

• Assist in architecture and development of cloud-based solutions for all aspects of software build, test and deploy processes.   

• Collaborate with teams specializing in perception, planning, control, mapping and vehicle testing to develop solutions that support their development efforts.   

• Support the implementation of emerging cloud-based capabilities that can extend our technology stack and improve our ability to build, deploy and test safety-critical software for self-driving vehicles.   

Here’s a list of some of the technologies we use to make all of the above happen: 

• Managed services powered by AWS (Lambda, SFN, Batch, EventBridge, Athena, Glue) 

• Terraform 

• Python 

• On-Call Tooling (PagerDuty, Datadog, AWS Cloudwatch) 

• Bash / Linux 

How We Work: 
We work in a distributed team with a remote-first mindset. By that we just mean that we work to ensure everyone is on the same playing field in terms of collaboration and information, regardless of where they work. We collaborate frequently in many different forms including daily stand-ups, planning meetings, and many ad-hoc discussions/brainstorming/troubleshooting/pairing sessions over zoom or slack. Our team is operationally responsible for the services we own, so we do have an on-call rotation in place where each member will take a turn serving as the front-line to incidents for our services. Rotations last a week each, during business hours. We value maintaining a healthy work/life balance and prefer sustainable development over heroic efforts. 

What you’ll need to Succeed:  

• BS/MS Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field  

• Experience building and maintaining workloads in public cloud environments 

• Knowledge of different database architectures, including but not limited to relational and NoSQL databases, data warehousing and clustered, distributed data stores 

• Practical experience with Linux and general bash scripting 

• Implementation of workflow patterns using directed acyclic graphs (Apache Airflow, AWS Step Functions) 

• A strong commitment to test-driven development patterns, continuous integration and delivery, and infrastructure as code 

Bonus Points!  

• Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills working with a team orientation and collaborative style  

• Deep knowledge of AWS serverless architectures (Lambda, Batch, ECS Fargate, Glue, Athena)   

• Experience with data storage and acquisition patterns for robotics and advanced driver assistance systems    

Perks of Being a Torc’r  

Torc cares about our team members and we strive to provide benefits and resources to support their health, work/life balance, and their future. Additionally, we are always open to suggestions to accommodate individual employee needs.  Torc offers:  

• Full coverage of monthly medical premiums for full-time employees  

• Medical/dental/vision/ AD+D and Life Insurance  

• 401K plan with employer matching  

• Annual learning and development stipend  

• Leadership development training  

• Collaborative, energetic, and team-focused work environment  

• Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation 

At Torc, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We celebrate the uniqueness of our Torc’rs and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, or disabilities.

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed for this opportunity, we encourage you to apply.