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Motional · 2 days ago

Staff Software Engineer, AI Data Foundry

positionBoston, MA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$170K/yr - $232K/yr
date5+ years exp

Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. The AI Data Foundry team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of core services and infrastructure for data processing, discovery, and lineage, ensuring robust data pipelines for Machine Learning and Autonomy initiatives.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesFleet ManagementInformation TechnologySoftware
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Responsibilities

Lead and provide mentorship to a team of engineers both technically and professionally
Manage and drive team timelines, project commitments, and roadmap deliverables
Ability to take a strong sense of ownership and responsibility for mentoring engineers
Work closely with users, leadership, and stakeholders to align and coordinate product design, project execution, and operational usage in setting and achieving objectives and key results
Build scalable backend services for data discovery and data lineage systems
Write high quality, maintainable code to process petabytes of data
Design, build, and maintain scalable data processing and access with cloud ETL technology

Qualification

PythonSQLAWS servicesData processingDistributed system designInfrastructure MonitoringAgentic workflowsAutonomous vehiclesTeam managementCross-functional collaboration

Required

5+ years of professional experience as a data engineer or data pipeline engineer
BS or MS in Computer Science or related field
Strong development experience with Python and SQL
Expertise with AWS services and solutions (EKS, Lambda, ETL)
Experience with distributed system design and development
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, continuous delivery environment

Preferred

Prior experience managing small teams
Experience with Infrastructure Monitoring
Experience working in cross-functional development teams
Prior experience with agentic workflows is a plus
Prior experience in autonomous vehicles (AV) is a plus

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
401k with a company match
Health saving accounts
Life insurance
Pet insurance

Company

Motional

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Motional offers an autonomous driving platform for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers.
dateFounded in 2020
location
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://motional.com

H1B Sponsorship

Motional has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (56)
2024 (111)
2023 (57)
2022 (110)
2021 (100)
2020 (7)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
2024-05-03Acquired
2024-03-15Seed

Leadership Team

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Laura Major
President and CEO
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Balajee Kannan
Vice President, Autonomy
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