Senior Data Pipeline Engineer

Mission Summary

We are seeking a talented Senior Data Pipeline Engineer to design and implement robust large scale data processing and transformation pipelines in the Data Platform team.

The Data Platform builds a scalable compute platform that is used throughout the company, enabling a diverse set of teams to access data, extract meaningful automated metrics out of the data, and perform various ad-hoc analyses on the data. We deal with data on the petabyte scale and provide critical functions to improve the development of a reliable AV by allowing various researchers and engineers to understand how the AV performs various tasks and scenarios in real world or simulated environments. The Data Platform team is responsible for building automated pipelines to perform extraction of information from the data, transformation of data into different formats that can be consumed by downstream services and for building interfaces to enable easy access to the data.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, build, maintain and monitor scalable data pipelines in the cloud infra.
• Design and build self-service data platform infrastructure and backend services
• Write high quality, maintainable code
• Mentor junior engineers with high-level system design and code reviews
• Communicate with stakeholders and team leads to identify system requirements
• Take a strong sense of ownership and responsibility for reliable and efficient data pipelines.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of professional work experience as a data pipeline engineer.
• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field
• Expertise with distributed data processing frameworks, such as Spark, Flink, Beam
• Expertise with Java, Python or Go
• Experience with AWS services and solutions
• Experience with cloud-native backend software development is a plus
• Experience with Kubernetes is a strong plus
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, continuous delivery environment

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.

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.