Senior Software Engineer: Fleet Enablement & Insights (Map Validation & Annotation Platform)

Ann Arbor, MI · Remote · full time · Senior

$160,800 – $193,000

Listed on Torc Robotics’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role leads the design and development of backend services, data pipelines, and web-based tooling for map validation and annotation systems that support Torc's autonomous trucking platform. It suits experienced full-stack or backend engineers who excel at distributed systems, geospatial data challenges, and can mentor others while setting technical direction across complex, multi-service architectures.

Our summary, not Torc Robotics’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

Required

5+ years building and operating production backend services at scale
Expert-level Python for production services and tools
Strong SQL for querying, transforming, and analyzing data
Web services and APIs supporting web-based tooling with TypeScript and modern frameworks
Working knowledge of C++
Database and data-modeling expertise with PostgreSQL or similar
System design and architecture for complex multi-service systems
Git and GitHub proficiency
JIRA or similar project management tool familiarity
Software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, reliability engineering
Strong written and verbal communication
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience

Nice to have

Experience designing data annotation, labeling, or data-delivery platforms
PostGIS familiarity for spatial queries and geospatial data management
Working with large binary or sensor datasets and optimizing data-heavy UIs
Point cloud rendering and streaming formats experience
Browser-based 3D graphics experience or strong graphics fundamentals
HD maps, map formats, or map production pipeline experience
Robotics data and visualization ecosystems knowledge
Autonomous trucking or autonomous vehicles background
Open-source contributions in geospatial, data engineering, simulation, robotics, or annotation