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Avride · 1 week ago

Backend Engineer - Metrics Infrastructure (Analytics)

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Avride is focused on building infrastructure and tools for metrics in autonomous vehicles and delivery robots. The role involves designing and operating the metrics platform, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring reliable delivery of metric results.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesRobotics

No H1B

Responsibilities

Own the metrics platform: clear schemas, storage/layouts for efficient inserts and fast reads, simple versioning

Build and maintain the framework for writing/running metrics (interfaces, examples, local run, CI/compat checks)

Create a test system for metrics and pipelines (unit / contract / regression on synthetic and sampled data)

Operate the compute and storage paths in production; monitor, debug, and keep the system stable and cost-aware

Partner with metric authors and with development/analytics/QA to plan changes and land them safely

Qualification

PythonSQLData structures & algorithmsPostgreSQLWorkflow orchestrationData libs & validationDockerWeb servicesC++ exposureML-adjacent infrastructureParquet & object-storageKafka/task queuesBasic observability

Required

Python in production, including async (e.g., asyncio, aiohttp, FastAPI)

Strong SQL (JOINs, window functions, CTEs); ability to read plans and speed up slow queries

Data structures & algorithms—know when O(nlog⁡n) matters and choose the right structures

Experience with databases: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse; understanding OLAP vs. OLTP trade-offs

Workflow orchestration experience (Airflow / Argo / Prefect / Dagster—any is fine)

Data libs & validation: NumPy, pandas, Pydantic (or equivalents)

Containers & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes

Experience building web services (Django / FastAPI / Flask—stack flexible)

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