Principal, Software Engineer - Data & Enablement

Meet The Team: 

TORC is looking for an experienced principal engineer to serve as the architect and pragmatic visionary for 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 Data & Enablement 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 Technology organization.
• Be a role-model and set the standards of highest-level technical excellence and rigor within the Data & Enablement Division  
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams in the Data & Enablement 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 recurrences.
• 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:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 20+ 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 10+ 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
• 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
• 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