Senior Software Engineer - Metrics for Release, Implementation

About The Role

Torc is developing Level 4 autonomous semi-truck software to transform how freight moves across the world. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Metrics for Release (MFR) team, you will play a key role in translating business and system requirements into production-ready software that evaluates autonomy performance and supports release readiness.

Responsibilities

• Translate SPI and system-level requirements into technical designs and production implementations.
• Build and maintain Python-based services and AWS data pipelines supporting metrics and validation workflows.
• Work closely with requirements, systems, and validation teams to ensure accurate implementation of safety and performance metrics.
• Process and analyze vehicle telemetry and validation data to produce meaningful system signals.
• Implement release validation logic tied to automated testing and evaluation pipelines.
• Debug and resolve issues across data pipelines, telemetry flows, and metric computation systems.
• Contribute to workflow orchestration and automation systems (Temporal or similar).
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field plus 6+ years of relevant experience, OR Master’s degree & 3+ years, OR PhD & 1+ years.
• Strong Python development experience.
• Strong experience working with AWS (S3, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, etc.).
• Experience building or maintaining data pipelines or backend systems.
• Ability to take ambiguous or high-level requirements and translate them into working software.
• Experience debugging complex systems using logs, telemetry, and data.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work cross-functionally.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Temporal or similar workflow orchestration tools.
• Experience working with telemetry, event data, or time-series datasets.
• Automotive or autonomous systems experience.
• Experience building validation, metrics, or release-related systems.
• Exposure to safety-critical or high-reliability environments.