Software Engineer, II - Data Engineering

Summary

Torc Robotics develops software for automated trucks and autonomous vehicle technology. The Software Engineer II will implement and maintain AWS-native data ingestion, ETL, storage, and data management solutions supporting analytics, simulation, and machine learning training. The role also involves building scalable data pipelines, contributing to cloud architecture, collaborating with autonomous driving teams, and participating in on-call support.

Responsibilities

• Create robust and resilient pipelines to process massive daily volumes of data created by vehicle fleets and simulation environments
• Build and support scalable pipelines as part of Torc’s Data Factory to delivery data for ML training at scale
• Scale Torc’s data lake through a distributed storage system, data crawling and discovery
• Promote and protect the integrity of data through validation, versioning, data provenance, and governance
• Support the expansion of Torc’s data lake through acquisition of additional data sets from internal and external sources
• Contribute to the design, architecture and delivery of cloud-based solutions
• Collaborate with teams specializing in perception, planning, control, mapping and vehicle testing to develop solutions that support product delivery
• 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
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to support our deployed systems during business hours

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 4+ years of experience or
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 0-3+ years of experience
• Experience deploying, troubleshooting, monitoring and maintaining Linux systems
• Experience building and maintaining workloads in public cloud environments
• Knowledge of different database architectures, including but not limited to relational and NoSQL databases, vector stores, data warehousing and clustered, distributed data stores
• Practical experience with Linux and general bash scripting
• Practical experience with Docker and containerization
• 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
• Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills working with a team orientation and collaborative style
• Experience with the Databricks platform, particularly for serving data, visualizations and jobs
• Experience with scaling data for ML and AI workloads using Ray
• Experience with pandas, numpy and other Python-based data analysis libraries and tooling
• 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
• Own end-to-end architecture and delivery of cloud-based solutions

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 4+ years of experience or
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 0-3+ years of experience
• Experience deploying, troubleshooting, monitoring and maintaining Linux systems
• Experience building and maintaining workloads in public cloud environments
• Knowledge of different database architectures, including but not limited to relational and NoSQL databases, vector stores, data warehousing and clustered, distributed data stores
• Practical experience with Linux and general bash scripting
• Practical experience with Docker and containerization
• 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

Nice to Haves

• Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills working with a team orientation and collaborative style
• Experience with the Databricks platform, particularly for serving data, visualizations and jobs
• Experience with scaling data for ML and AI workloads using Ray
• Experience with pandas, numpy and other Python-based data analysis libraries and tooling
• 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
• Own end-to-end architecture and delivery of cloud-based solutions

Benefits

• 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