Research Engineer, Data Infrastructure

1X Technologies; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Research Engineer in Data Infra to design and implement a data engine for their humanoid robots. This role involves automating data pipelines and building tools for dataset visualization, requiring strong software engineering and Python skills. The position offers a competitive salary and a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering skills with experience in building distributed systems.
• Expertise in Python and experience with distributed computing frameworks.
• Experience building distributed ETL pipelines in Apache Beam, Spark, or Ray.

Responsibilities

• Design on-robot triggers for data uploads.
• Automate ETL pipelines for fleet-wide data.
• Build frontend tools for visualizing datasets.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Python

Distributed ETL pipelines

Tools

Apache Beam

Spark

Ray

Rust

Go

Vector Databases

Ansible

Docker

Job description

Target start date: Immediately.Relocation provided.
Since its founding in 2015, 1X has been at the forefront of developing advanced humanoid robots designed for household use. Our mission is to create an abundant supply of labor via safe, intelligent humanoids. At 1X, you’ll own critical projects, tackle unsolved research problems, deliver great products to customers, and be rewarded based on merit and achievement.

We are looking for a Research Engineer in Data Infra. In this role, you will design and implement a “data engine" that uploads data collected by the NEO fleet, makes the data easy to train and query on, and redeploy new models back to the fleet.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Design on-robot triggers that determine if and when robot data should be uploaded.

Automate ETL pipelines to make fleet-wide data easily queryable and available to train on.

Automate data movement between a hybrid on-prem research cluster + cloud datacenter.

Build frontend tools for visualizing and automating labeling of web-scale datasets.

Training models that automatically label and organize our datasets.

Requirements

Getting general-purpose robots to work in the home is just about the hardest problem one can work on. We are looking for people with the courage to tackle unsolved technical challenges with an intense work ethic.

A production-oriented engineering mindset

Strong software engineering skills with experience in building distributed systems

Expertise in Python and experience with distributed computing frameworks

Experience building distributed ETL pipelines in Apache Beam, Spark, or Ray

Nice to have

Have built a petabyte-scale data-engine to handle a fleet of robots.

Experience with the following technologies: Rust, Go, Vector Databases, Ansible, Docker

Familiar with computer vision algorithms

Compensation

At 1X your work and results will be rewarded with a total rewards package consisting of a base salary, stock options and benefits. Base salary range is $130,000 to $250,000. Your actual salary will be based on your knowledge, skills and experience.

Location Policy
We believe the best work is done when collaborating and therefore require in-person presence in our office locations.