Technical Lead Manager – AI Data Engine

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and manage a high-performing team of data and infrastructure engineers focused on building out Motional’s Data Stack
• Define team goals, priorities, and roadmap in alignment with company objectives
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and career development opportunities to team members
• Define the technical vision and strategy for storing metrics and generating ML datasets for large computer vision and behavioral models
• Identify and evaluate cutting‑edge technologies and methodologies for speeding up data loaders for training, ingestion of metrics, and querying of large datasets
• Collaborate closely with ML research, ML Training platform, and data engineering teams to understand their needs and integrate solutions seamlessly
• Communicate complex technical concepts and strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field
• 8+ years of professional experience in data platform engineering
• 3+ years of experience in a technical lead or management role with 3-7 direct reports
• Extensive experience with managing large (petabyte plus) scale data platforms such as data warehouses, object storage, and ML training data stores
• Extensive experience with workflow orchestration frameworks such as Airflow or Step Functions
• Strong programming skills in Python
• C++ experience is a plus
• Deep knowledge of data storage formats such as Parquet, Iceberg, and Lance and understand their tradeoffs
• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) solutions and their product offerings
• Prior experience with building data warehouses or lakehouse architectures at a machine learning or robotics company