Senior Software Engineer, Map Platform

About the role

You will design and maintain the mapping infrastructure that powers autonomous driving systems. This role focuses on building high-fidelity spatial data structures and processing pipelines to support vehicle navigation in complex environments.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Develop and scale software components for map data ingestion, storage, and retrieval.
• Create automated workflows to update map layers based on sensor data from the vehicle fleet.
• Collaborate with perception and planning teams to ensure map accuracy and reliability for autonomous operations.
• Optimize data structures to improve query performance for real-time localization.

Requirements

• Professional experience in C++ development within a production environment.
• Background in building distributed systems or large-scale data processing platforms.
• Understanding of spatial data, geometry, or geographic information systems.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code for safety-critical applications.

Nice to have

• Experience working with autonomous vehicle sensor stacks or robotics software.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and big data tools for managing massive datasets.
• Proficiency in Python for scripting and data analysis tasks.

Skills & tools

• C++
• Python
• Distributed Systems
• Spatial Data Processing
• Mapping Infrastructure

Practical notes

Nuro is currently transitioning its focus toward licensing autonomous driving software for robotaxis and passenger vehicles. Candidates should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment undergoing strategic shifts.