Principal Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Robotics Research

Employer Industry: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

• Base salary range up to $425,500 for Level 6 positions
• Eligibility for equity and comprehensive benefits
• Opportunity to work on groundbreaking projects in robotics and AI
• Collaborate with a team of leading researchers and engineers
• Contribute to the development of innovative multimodal foundation models
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive work environment

• Design and maintain large-scale distributed data ETL and data management systems for robotics
• Optimize GPU and cluster utilization for efficient model training on massive datasets
• Implement scalable data loaders and preprocessors for multimodal datasets
• Develop observability tools and procedures to ensure data infrastructure reliability
• Collaborate with researchers to integrate advanced data technologies into training pipelines

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 12+ years of full-time industry experience in large-scale MLOps and AI infrastructure
• Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or Tensor Flow
• Proficiency in Kubernetes and Ray
• Strong programming skills in Python and C++ for system development

• Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field
• Demonstrated experience as a Tech Lead, coordinating engineering teams
• Strong background in building and operating large-scale data infrastructure
• Curiosity and experience in frontier AI research

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