Motional · 2 weeks ago
Staff Software Engineer, AI Data Foundry
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$170K/yr - $232K/yr
5+ years expMotional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. The Staff Software Engineer will lead a team to build scalable backend services for data discovery and data lineage systems, ensuring robust data processing pipelines and collaborating with stakeholders to meet engineering requirements.
TransportationSoftwareAutomotiveLogisticsInformation TechnologyAutonomous VehiclesFleet Management
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
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
And more
Company
Motional
Motional offers an autonomous driving platform for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2020 (7)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2024-05-03Acquired
2024-03-15Seed
Leadership Team
Laura Major
President and CEO
Balajee Kannan
Vice President, Autonomy
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