Software Engineering Manager - AI Data Engine

Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. They are seeking an experienced Staff Level Technical Lead Manager to build and lead their new AI Data Engine team, focusing on strategy, development, and execution of ML dataset generation and data warehouse initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Build, lead, and manage a high-performing team of data and infrastructure engineers focused on building out Motional’s Data Stack
• Define team goals, priorities, and roadmap in alignment with company objectives
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and career development opportunities to team members
• Define the technical vision and strategy for storing metrics and generating ML datasets for large computer vision and behavioral models
• Identify and evaluate cutting-edge technologies and methodologies for speeding up data loaders for training, ingestion of metrics, and querying of large datasets for everything from dashboards to training
• Collaborate closely with ML research, ML Training platform, and data engineering teams to understand their needs and integrate solutions seamlessly
• Communicate complex technical concepts and strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Requirements:

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field
• 8+ years of professional experience in data platform engineering
• 3+ years of experience in a technical lead or management role with 3-7 direct reports
• Extensive experience with managing large (petabyte plus) scale data platforms such as data warehouses, object storage, and ML training data stores
• Extensive experience with workflow orchestration frameworks such as Airflow or Step Functions
• Strong programming skills in Python. C++ experience is a plus
• Deep knowledge of data storage formats such as Parquet, Iceberg, and Lance and understand their tradeoffs
• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) solutions and their product offerings
• Prior experience with building data warehouses or lakehouse architectures at a machine learning or robotics company
• Prior experience in autonomous vehicles (AV) is a plus
• Prior experience with Bazel based build systems