Staff Software Engineer

Torc Robotics

2d

About The Position

At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business. A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight. Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer.
The Engineering organization is composed of cross-functional teams focused on platform infrastructure, product development, developer experience, scalability, and operational excellence. As a Group IC, you will partner closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Architects, and Senior Engineers to drive technical strategy and ensure consistency across systems, services, and engineering practices. This role operates at a multi-team level with broad organizational impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field with 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Proven experience operating as a Staff, Principal, or multi-team technical leader within complex engineering organizations
• Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, scalable backend systems, and modern cloud infrastructure
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices including CI/CD, observability, testing strategies, and operational reliability
• Experience leading large cross-functional technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams
• Strong systems design and architecture review experience
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop senior engineering talent
• Strong problem-solving and technical decision-making capabilities

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and infrastructure automation
• Experience improving developer platforms and engineering productivity tooling
• Knowledge of modern observability and monitoring systems
• Experience in high-growth or large-scale distributed engineering environments
• Prior experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, or core systems development

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across teams and platforms, driving architectural strategy, engineering excellence, and scalable system design for cloud-based applications.
• Lead high-impact technical initiatives, influence long-term engineering direction, and collaborate closely with Engineering Managers, Product, Release Management, DevOps, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable solutions.
• Define and maintain the architectural vision across teams, platforms, and services to ensure scalability, reliability, maintainability, and long-term technical alignment.
• Drive architectural consistency across APIs, data models, infrastructure, system integrations, and software design patterns.
• Lead major technical initiatives such as platform modernization, observability enhancements, performance optimization, scalability improvements, and reliability engineering efforts.
• Coordinate cross-team technical projects and align engineering standards, infrastructure decisions, and roadmap priorities across organizations.
• Support Engineering Managers and Senior ICs in resolving complex technical design, architecture, and implementation challenges across multiple domains.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices for code quality, automated testing, performance optimization, monitoring, security, and operational excellence.
• Partner with Release Management and DevOps teams to strengthen CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, release reliability, and incident response readiness.
• Identify, prioritize, and reduce systemic technical debt, architectural bottlenecks, and operational inefficiencies across teams and platforms.
• Conduct architecture reviews, technical deep dives, design sessions, and technical assessments to guide engineering decisions and solution direction.
• Mentor and coach senior and mid-level engineers while helping grow future Staff and Principal engineers through technical guidance and leadership development.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, documentation, collaboration, innovation, and knowledge sharing across the organization.
• Proactively identify technical risks related to scalability, system architecture, cybersecurity, reliability, compliance, and data usage.
• Help balance and prioritize investments between new feature development, platform improvements, operational stability, and technical debt reduction.
• Act as a technical leader in product and roadmap discussions, partnering with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, architects, and designers to align technical feasibility with business objectives.
• Translate complex technical concepts, trade-offs, and architectural decisions into clear recommendations for leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

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
• Sign-on payments
• Relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior