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Technical Lead Manager, Mapping

Aurora
Seattle, Washington
Full Time
Posted November 24, 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, team management, and cross-team collaboration to advance Aurora's mapping and localization capabilities.

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 key technical initiatives and architectural decisions within the mapping domain.
  • Develop a scalable, high-throughput HD Map storage ecosystem utilized across Aurora.

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.
  • Minimum of 8 years total experience, with at least 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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