Motional
Software Engineering Manager -Data Platform
$172K–$229K
Boston, Massachusetts, United States +5 · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jun 1, 2026
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Remote U.S.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Remote U.S. - Experience
- 8+ years in data platform engineering; 3+ years in a technical lead or management role with 3–7 direct reports.
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- All newly-hired employees are queried through E-Verify to verify identity and employment eligibility.
About the job
Build and lead Motional’s Data Platform team, setting strategy and delivering systems that accelerate ML dataset generation and data warehousing.
What you'll do
- Recruit, manage, mentor, and develop data and infrastructure engineers; set team goals and roadmap.
- Define technical strategy for metrics storage and ML dataset generation, and improve data loading, ingestion, and querying.
- Collaborate with ML research, ML Training platform, and data engineering teams to integrate solutions.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of professional experience in data platform engineering.
- 3+ years in a technical lead or management role, with 3–7 direct reports.
- Extensive experience managing petabyte-plus data platforms and with workflow orchestration frameworks such as Airflow or Step Functions.
- Strong Python programming skills; knowledge of data storage formats and cloud infrastructure.
Nice to have
- C++ experience; experience building data warehouses or lakehouse architectures at an ML or robotics company.
- Autonomous-vehicle experience or experience with Bazel-based build systems.
Pay
$172,000 — $229,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++, Parquet, Iceberg, Lance, AWS, GCP, Airflow
AI focus
Build and improve data systems for generating ML datasets and supporting large computer vision and behavioral models.
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