• Drive technical design and architecture decisions across the map validation and annotation platform domains, weighing tradeoffs, documenting direction, and aligning stakeholders.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Mapping, Simulation, Annotation, and Perception to align capabilities with upstream and downstream requirements.

• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and pairing, and raise the bar for engineering excellence, documentation, and operational rigor across the team.

• Identify and drive down technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and reliability gaps across the map validation and annotation stacks, and lead the response when they surface in production.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Strong experience (5+ years) building and operating production backend services at scale.

• Expertise in Python, with a track record of designing and shipping production-quality services and tools.

• Strong proficiency with SQL for querying, transforming, and analyzing relational and analytical data.

• Experience designing and building web services and APIs that support web-based tooling, with strong knowledge of TypeScript and modern web frameworks (backend depth required; full-stack a strong plus).

• Working knowledge of C++, or the ability to ramp into it.

• Strong database and data-modeling expertise, including hands-on experience with PostgreSQL or similar, and designing schemas for integrity, lineage, and performance.

• Demonstrated ownership of system design and architecture for complex, multi-service or multi-pipeline systems.

• Proficiency with Git and GitHub for version control, branching strategies, and collaborative code workflows.

• Familiarity with JIRA or similar project management tools for tracking tasks, bugs, and sprint deliverables.

• Strong software engineering fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and reliability engineering.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions and collaborate across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.

Bonus Points

• Experience designing data annotation, labeling, or data-delivery platforms and the web tooling behind them.

• Familiarity with PostGIS for advanced spatial queries, geometry operations, and geospatial data management.

• Experience working with large binary or sensor datasets (point clouds, imagery, video) and optimizing data-heavy user interfaces for performance.

• Experience with point cloud rendering and streaming formats (octree/LOD structures such as Potree or COPC, 3D Tiles, LAS/LAZ) or large-scale spatial data structures.

• Experience with browser-based 3D graphics (three.js, WebGL, or similar), or strong graphics fundamentals and a demonstrated ability to ramp quickly.

• Prior experience working with High-Definition (HD) maps, map formats (e.g. OpenDRIVE, NDS, Lanelet2), or map production pipelines.

• Familiarity with robotics data and visualization ecosystems (e.g., Rerun, Foxglove, MCAP, ROS bags).

• Background in autonomous trucking or autonomous vehicles, with an understanding of how map and annotation data feed the AV stack.

• Contributions to open-source geospatial, data engineering, simulation, robotics, or annotation projects.

Perks of Being a Full-time Torc’r
Torc cares about our team members and we strive to provide benefits and resources to support their health, work/life balance, and future. Our culture is collaborative, energetic, and team focused. Torc offers:

• A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options

• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees

• 401K plan with a 6% employer match

• Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date)

• AD+D and Life Insurance

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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several geographic markets. Pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.Torc's total compensation package will also include our corporate bonus and stock option plan. Dependent on the position offered, sign-on payments, relocation, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

Job ID: 102972

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