Software Engineering Manager -Data Platform

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Management:
• 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.
• Technical Strategy & Execution:
• 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.
• Cross-functional Collaboration:

Job requirements

• Experience:
• 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.
• Technical Skills:
• Strong programming skills in Python. C++ experience is a plus.