Senior Engineer - Semantic Search

Posted 4 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in San Francisco, CA
Remote
Hybrid
159K-207K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Automotive • Machine Learning • Transportation
Join us as we make driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.
The Role
The Senior Engineer will design scalable data processing infrastructure, improve efficiency in data architecture, and enhance scenario mining frameworks for the Autonomous organization. Responsibilities include building a text-to-image search engine, implementing data pipelines, and migrating the framework to Apache Spark.
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Mission Summary

Motional's autonomous vehicles collect petabytes of data on the road every day. The Semantic Search Team manages data infrastructure, processing, and visualization for Motional's machine learning data. Our team also provides a scenario mining framework that other teams in Autonomy use to mine for complex and rare scenarios to improve our ML training model and av-stack performance.

As our data continues to grow, our team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design scalable data processing infrastructure and improve the efficiency of the data architecture and scenario mining framework for the entire Autonomy organization.

The Motional Pittsburgh office is located in the new Hazelwood Green development, a culmination of the city’s goal of restoring an economic driver to the neighborhood in a thoughtful, inclusive, and sustainable way. With views along the Monongahela river, the Pittsburgh office is in the heart of this new state of the art development.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Build a text-to-image search engine for improved data discovery and data annotation
  • Design and implement new data pipelines for other Autonomy teams
  • Migrate the existing scenario mining framework to Apache Spark
  • Scale the existing Semantic Search data infrastructure and data pipelines

What We're Looking For

  • Strong experience in large-scale data processing with Apache Spark
  • Strong coding experience with Python or Scala
  • Solid experience in developing data pipelines with Apache Airflow 
  • Solid experience in AWS/Cloud (e.g., API Gateway, EKS, Lambda, OpenSearch, Redshift, S3)
  • Experience interacting with REST APIs and microservices
  • Ability to mentor junior engineers
  • Ability to communicate clearly to non-domain experts about potentially complex behaviors

Bonus Points (not required)

  • Web backend experience with C# .Net
  • Autonomous Vehicle experience

Why you should join us:

  • Opportunity to build impactful products across the organization
  • Help shape technical roadmaps
  • Be part of a rapidly growing team that interfaces with many branches of the organization



The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process. 

Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Salary Range

$159,000$207,000 USD

Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We’re driven by something more.

Our journey is always people first.

We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.

Higher purpose, greater impact.

We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it’s not only good for our business, it’s the right thing to do.  

Scale up, not starting up.

Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We’re driven to scale; we’re moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.

Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit  www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.


Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.

Top Skills

Python
Scala
The Company
Milipitas, CA
765 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Our team is commercializing a world-class driverless system. The Motional team is behind some of the industry’s largest leaps forward in the last decade, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world’s first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world’s most-established public robotaxi fleet. Strategically formed by Hyundai Motor Group, one of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers offering smart mobility solutions, and Aptiv, a global technology leader in advanced safety, electrification, and vehicle connectivity, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives.

Why Work With Us

Our leadership team has been working in this industry for decades and includes renown early innovators in driverless technology. We are creating a future where transportation is safe, reliable, and accessible. Join our team in revolutionizing the industry that will change how the world moves.

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