Software Engineer II - Build Tools

About the Role As a Software Engineer II on the Build Tools team at Torc Robotics, you will serve as the automation backbone for our entire engineering organization. In this role, you will take ground-floor ownership of the tools and infrastructure that directly drive our release velocity and system reliability. You will be responsible for running real production infrastructure, building and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines, and writing scalable code to support the teams shipping our safety-critical autonomous vehicle (AV) software. We are looking for an engineer with strong Python skills and deep, hands-on experience with containerization and cloud architecture. What You'll Do * Build technology solutions, analyze requirements, and seek guidance from your manager and peers on scope and objectives. * Contribute to design discussions, proposing solutions and creating diagrams and design documents for clarity. * Write and modify code to deliver solutions, thoroughly testing via unit and integration tests and fixing bugs to ensure quality. * Collaborate with teammates to integrate your work into the larger codebase, and give/receive feedback through code review to improve quality and support continuous learning. * Actively participate in team meetings, sharing progress and challenges, and seek mentorship to learn best practices. * Participate in your team's on-call rotation, troubleshooting incidents, analyzing production logs, and guiding root-cause analysis (RCA). * Work across team boundaries to understand how your team’s deliveries contribute to Torc’s broader product offerings. * Expand documentation coverage, including runbooks, tutorials, API documentation, and user guidance. What You'll Need to Succeed * Bachelor's degree plus 4+ years of experience; or a Masters Degree plus 0-3 years of experience. * Proven ability to tackle critical challenges with minimal supervision and strong independent judgment. * Proficiency in AWS core services (IAM, EC2, S3) and container orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS). * Fluency in an object-oriented language (Python preferred) combined with solid scripting/templating skills (Bash, Go). * Hands-on background with build tools (Bazel, CMake, Maven, Gradle) and code coverage analysis (Parasoft, SonarQube, CodeQL). * Intermediate competency with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD) and workflow tools (Temporal, AWS Step Functions, Argo Workflows). * Solid understanding of logging and monitoring ecosystems (Datadog, CloudWatch, New Relic). Bonus Points * Experience with JFrog Artifactory or similar artifact/package registry platforms. * Familiarity with safety-critical or embedded software practices (e.g., MISRA C static analysis, VectorCAST or similar unit-test tooling for embedded systems). * Exposure to C/C++ in addition to Python. Work Location * Remote (US), or Ann Arbor, MI (Hybrid) Hiring Range for Job Opening  US Pay Range $139,000—$166,800 USD