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Senior Staff Technical Lead Manager, Mapping

Aurora
Seattle, Washington
Full Time
Posted November 18, 2025
$212k - $340k
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Job Description

The Senior Staff TLM at Aurora is responsible for leading the development of scalable, reliable mapping storage systems that support autonomous vehicle operations, overseeing technical strategy, and managing a team of engineers to deliver high-performance backend solutions for the Aurora Atlas platform.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build, mentor, and lead a high-impact engineering team focused on developing scalable mapping storage systems.
  • Define the technical strategy and product roadmap for mapping storage solutions.
  • Oversee the execution of development milestones for mapping systems.
  • Lead technical initiatives and architectural decisions within the mapping domain.
  • Develop a scalable, high-throughput HD Map storage ecosystem utilized across Aurora's operations.

Requirements

  • Proven manager comfortable leading people while remaining deeply technical and delivering impact.
  • Strong background in server-side infrastructure, data processing, and distributed database systems.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems principles, with a proven ability to architect and deliver scalable, reliable backend systems.
  • Solid programming proficiency in C and working knowledge of Python and Go.
  • At least 8 years of total experience, with 2 years in management leading complex projects in critical production environments.
  • Strong sense of ownership and ability to excel when faced with ambiguity across multiple stakeholders.
  • Track record of leading teams of strong engineers to solve difficult technical challenges.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range: 212,000 - 340,000 USD
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits (unspecified)

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