Labeling Backend Software Engineer

Avride

Austin, TX

On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have hands-on experience with backend systems and production-level Python.

Best fit for

Candidates with end-to-end backend ownership experience and a background in data processing at scale
— “own services end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and on-call”
Professionals with production experience in Python and cloud-based data workflows
— “Strong proficiency in Python, including backend frameworks and asynchronous stacks”
Individuals who have worked with large sensor datasets and ML pipelines
— “handling massive sensor datasets for our perception ML pipelines”

Things to consider

No visa sponsorship or remote options available, requiring local presence in Austin
— “Candidates are required to be authorized to work in the U.S.”
This role is not open to new graduates or those with limited professional experience
— “This role is not suited for new graduates or internship candidates”

How to stand out

Highlight experience with large-scale data pipelines and system design in your resume and interviews
— “build the data infrastructure behind the massive sensor datasets”
Emphasize your ability to independently design, implement, and deploy backend services
— “operate independently, make architectural tradeoffs”
Showcase your background in cloud platforms and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes
— “production experience with cloud platforms, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)”
Demonstrate your ability to integrate ML automation into annotation workflows
— “Increase human labeling efficiency by integrating ML automation into annotation workflows”
Include specific examples of schema design and query optimization work with PostgreSQL
— “Production experience with relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL): schema design, query optimization”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

Design, build, and own backend systems
Build and scale data preparation and labeling pipelines
Develop automated validation and QA systems

Typical background

4+ years of professional software engineering experience

Skills & requirements

Required

PythonBackend FrameworksRelational DatabasesSystem DesignCloud Platforms

Preferred

Workflow OrchestrationLarge-scale Distributed SystemsBig Data And Distributed Data-processing Tooling3D Sensor DataC++ Development Experience

Stack & domain

PythonBackend FrameworksAsynchronous StacksRelational DatabasesCloud PlatformsContainerizationCloud Object StorageLeadershipCommunicationProject ManagementStrategic ThinkingProblem-solvingAutonomous MobilitySelf-driving CarsDelivery RobotsML Pipelines

About the role

Original posting from Avride via Greenhouse

About the Team
Avride is at the forefront of autonomous mobility, developing and deploying self-driving cars and delivery robots that are shaping the future of transportation and logistics. Our Labeling Backend team builds the data infrastructure behind the massive sensor datasets that power our perception and ML pipelines. The services we build support both automated and human-in-the-loop labeling workflows, delivering the high-quality labeled data our models depend on so our vehicles and robots keep improving at scale.
About the Role
As a Labeling Backend Software Engineer, you will own backend services that handle massive datasets for our perception ML pipelines. You’ll work across APIs, data ingestion pipelines, databases, and orchestration frameworks, taking features from design doc to production and keeping them reliable, high-throughput, and maintainable once they’re live. You’ll operate independently, make architectural tradeoffs, and help raise the bar for the engineers around you.
This is a hands-on individual contributor role: you will spend most of your time designing, writing, and shipping code.
What You’ll Do
Design, build, and own backend systems that manage the full lifecycle of labeled data, from ingestion to delivery, including core Python services, APIs, and databases.
Build and scale data preparation and labeling pipelines that transform massive sensor streams (lidar, camera, radar) into label-ready formats, and manage annotation workflows at scale using both automated and human labeling with modern orchestration frameworks.
Design and implement robust integrations with external vendors and internal tools so data and feedback flow seamlessly across labeling workflows.
Develop automated validation and QA systems that safeguard dataset integrity, monitor quality, and surface key performance insights.
Partner with ML and Perception teams to turn evolving requirements into scalable data solutions that directly drive model improvements.
Increase human labeling efficiency by integrating ML automation into annotation workflows.
Lead technical design for your area, review code, and mentor other engineers on the team.
What You’ll Need
4+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating backend services in production (internships and academic projects don’t count toward this).
A track record of owning services end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and on-call.
Strong proficiency in Python, including backend frameworks and asynchronous stacks (asyncio, aiohttp, FastAPI).
Production experience with relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL): schema design, query optimization, ORMs (e.g., SQLAlchemy, Django ORM), and migrations (e.g., Alembic).
Solid grounding in system design, algorithms, and data structures, applied to real systems at scale.
Hands-on production experience with cloud platforms, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud object storage (AWS S3, GCS, etc.).
This role is not suited for new graduates or internship candidates.
Nice to Have
Experience with workflow orchestration (Argo, Airflow, etc.)
Experience with large-scale distributed systems or products
Big data and distributed data-processing tooling (Spark, PyArrow, etc.)
Experience working with 3D sensor data (point clouds, sensor fusion, etc.)
Previous work in AV, robotics, or ML-heavy environments
C++ development experience
Candidates are required to be authorized to work in the U.S. The employer is not offering relocation, sponsorship, and remote work options are not available.
Avride is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities to ensure they have equal access to employment opportunities. Avride complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with the application or hiring process, or to perform the essential functions of a job, please email jobs@avride.ai.

Source: Avride careers (Greenhouse)