Posted at: 21 November

Engineer, Developer Platform (Cloud Apps)

Company

Motional

Motional is a Boston-based B2B autonomous vehicle company specializing in driverless technology for mobility services, with operations in multiple cities globally.

Remote Hiring Policy:

Motional supports remote work for certain positions within the United States, with team members located in various regions including Boston, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, and Santa Monica.

Job Type

Full-time

Allowed Applicant Locations

United States

Salary

$131,000 to $170,750 per year

Job Description

Mission Summary:

We are seeking a capable and highly motivated Engineer for our Developer Platform team to enable rapid and safe software delivery by providing a unified, efficient and reliable platform for all developers at Motional. You will join a talented team of engineers that focuses on improving the engineering experience and developer productivity of teams in Motional by providing them with the necessary tools and processes. You will collaborate closely with teams across the organization to identify pain points and drive initiatives that empower teams to deliver on Motional's mission.

Your main focus will be on our real-time data pipeline which enables our AVs to communicate with our cloud services such as Command Center, Over-The-Air update systems, and ride hailing partners integration.

This is a remote-first position based anywhere in the U.S.

What you'll do:

  • Design, build, document, test, and maintain network, compute, and storage infrastructure of our cloud platform for the AV fleet.
  • Monitor, support, and resolve issues as they arise in production.
  • Assist with high-level analysis, system design, and code reviews.
  • Communicate with stakeholders and team leads to identify system requirements.

What you'll be working on:

  • Observability systems, CI/CD pipelines for integrations with ride hailing partners like Uber and Lyft.
  • Cost Optimizations, Performance Optimizations, Security Improvements of Cloud Systems.
  • Automation, services and LLM-integrated bots to reduce developer toil.

What you bring:

  • 2+ years of professional work experience as a Software Engineer/DevOps in designing and building distributed systems.
  • Experience with Golang / Python.
  • Experience with AWS (EC2, EKS, ECS, Lambda, VPC, S3, IAM, IOT).
  • Knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab CI, Jenkins).
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
  • Comfortable taking projects from ideation through to completion, with strong communication and collaboration across multiple international teams.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, continuous delivery environment.

Bonus points for experience with:

  • Working with a globally distributed team.
  • Experience with serverless architectures, building systems using SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience with time-series databases and monitoring tools (Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana, Redash).
  • Experience with GenAI solutions (Q Developer/Business, Gemini).
  • Experience in Site Reliability Engineering.
  • Experience with error monitoring software (Sentry, Incident.io).

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
$131,000$170,750 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, 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.