Luma AI
Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure
$170K–$360K
Redwood City, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Aug 10, 2026
About the job
Builds and scales high-throughput data infrastructure and pipelines supporting machine learning research and internal ML platform needs.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain scalable data infrastructure, pipelines, and batch-processing jobs for ML workflows.
- Collaborate with researchers and product teams to design reliable, high-performance data platforms.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune data systems; integrate open-source tools and improve reliability and scalability.
What they ask for
- Proficiency in Python or similar languages, with willingness to learn Python, and experience with large-scale, high-throughput data infrastructure.
- Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks such as Ray, Spark, or Beam.
- Ability to design and optimize data pipelines for ML research and internal teams.
- Experience sourcing, integrating, and optimizing data from diverse and large datasets.
Nice to have
- Experience with complex data infrastructure, AI/ML platforms, or open-source data infrastructure projects.
- Robotics industry experience.
Pay
$170K – $360K USD base salary
Tools
Python, Ray, Spark, Beam
AI focus
Develops data infrastructure and pipelines for multimodal AI systems, machine learning research, and internal ML platforms.
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