Meet the Team:

Torc is looking for an experienced principal engineer to serve as the architect and pragmatic visionary for systems that power a modern software development and data ecosystem for autonomous vehicle technology. This role will play a pivotal role in the success of the organization and comes with high visibility, responsibility, and technical impact.  This person must have a strong technical foundation in building and delivering high-performance, resilient, and scalable cloud computing solutions and will bring strategic insights, technical acumen, mentorship, and facilitate collaboration across the organization.

What You’ll Do: 

• Drive and grow the strategic technical vision for the Developer & Operational Tools Division
• Responsible for foundational services and systems used by engineers and customers to build and support our autonomous trucking platform.
• Work within Torc’s Principal Community to mature our technical vision and drive technical direction across the organization.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and design scalable and maintainable software solutions that support the broader CTO organization.
• Act as a role-model and set the standards of highest-level technical excellence and rigor within the Developer & Operational Tools Division 
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams in the Developer & Operational Tools Division.
• Participate in design and code reviews, providing constructive feedback to ensure high-quality solutions that adhere to established standards and practices.
• Mentor and guide division engineers, assisting in their technical growth and fostering a culture of learning and development within the division.
• Troubleshoot and debug the most critical issues, determining the root causes, implementing appropriate solutions, and setting up safeguards against reoccurrences.
• Be able to analyze, and mentor others to analyze, system performance to implement necessary optimizations to enhance speed, efficiency, and scalability.
• Participate in project planning and collaborate with technical product managers on the priorities and customer expectations of the proposed software solutions.
• Stays up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices for potential integration with existing solutions.

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• Demonstrate competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through:
• BS with 20+ years of experience, MS with 10+ years of experience, OR PHD with 7+ years of experience.
• Ten-plus years of experience building and maintaining workloads in public cloud environments.
• Strong technical communication skills, written and verbal, that scale to a diverse workforce
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze and understand complex software system issues and evolving technical challenges.
• Strong proficiency in Python and a commitment to test-driven development patterns, continuous integration and delivery, and infrastructure as code
• Working knowledge of C++, Linux, and modern build automation platforms
• Strong ability to align technical objectives to business values and articulate the associated business value of technical work.
• Strong time management and organization skills to plan, develop, prioritize effectively, and maintain competing demands simultaneously with frequent interruptions and in fast-paced environment.
• Ability to facilitate and drive collaborative engagement across technical teams in a large engineering organization in person and virtually.
• Willing to travel up to 25% to US or EU locations. Ability to obtain a passport and appropriate documents are required.   

Bonus Points:

• Knowledge of AWS serverless architectures (Lambda, Batch, ECS Fargate, Glue, Athena) is preferred.
• Familiarity with robotics and advanced driver assistance systems is preferred.
• Experience developing data warehousing, data lake or data mesh solutions is preferred.
• Experience scaling software and infrastructure architectures for simulation environments is preferred.

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)
• Company-wide holiday office closures
• AD+D and Life Insurance