Senior ML & Data Pipelines Lead for Perception

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 240,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k with a company match

Health savings accounts

Life insurance

Pet insurance

and more

Job summary

Motional is seeking a senior engineering leader to build and scale perception data, training, and evaluation pipelines. You will mentor engineers, shape the team roadmap, and drive end-to-end ML workflows from concept to deployment.

You will ensure high-quality production code, collaborate with ML engineers on optimization, and promote best practices while aligning with broader company goals and a driverless technology mission.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with leadership/mentorship roles.
• 2+ years of experience developing, operating, or supporting distributed ML training across GPU clusters.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Hands-on and production-quality coding in a shared codebase.
• Fluency in Python; familiarity with NumPy and Pandas.
• Proven backend development and architecture experience.
• Strong understanding of ML/Perception topics to guide pipelines/tooling.
• Experience delivering data visualization tools or dashboards that drive insights.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering principles and practices (design reviews, SCM, testing).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and manage a high-performing team for data, training, and evaluation pipelines.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and career development for team members.
• Define team goals, priorities, and roadmap aligned with company objectives.
• Collaborate with ML engineers to resolve technical challenges and implement improvements.
• Lead design and code reviews and promote best practices.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration aligning with organizational goals.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed ML

Python

NumPy

Pandas

Backend development

ML/Perception knowledge

Data visualization

Software engineering best practices

Communication

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Kubernetes

Ray

C++14/17

Job description

Motional is seeking a senior engineering leader to build and scale perception data, training, and evaluation pipelines. You will mentor engineers, shape the team roadmap, and drive end-to-end ML workflows from concept to deployment.

You will ensure high-quality production code, collaborate with ML engineers on optimization, and promote best practices while aligning with broader company goals and a driverless technology mission.