Senior Software Engineer, Data Core

Latitude AI (lat.ai) develops automated driving technologies, including L3, for Ford vehicles at scale. We’re driven by the opportunity to reimagine what it’s like to drive and make travel safer, less stressful, and more enjoyable for everyone.  

When you join the Latitude team, you’ll work alongside leading experts across machine learning and robotics, cloud platforms, mapping, sensors and compute systems, test operations, systems and safety engineering – all dedicated to making a real, positive impact on the driving experience for millions of people. 

As a Ford Motor Company subsidiary, we operate independently to develop automated driving technology at the speed of a technology startup. Latitude is headquartered in Pittsburgh with engineering centers in Dearborn, Mich., and Palo Alto, Calif.

Meet the team:

Autonomous Vehicles generate enormous amounts of data that is used by many different development teams across the company. The Data Core team is responsible for the offloading, processing, and curation of data from many different sources on several different vehicle platforms.

We write software that runs on physical hardware in locations around the world to ingest petabytes of data from dozens of different sources to multiple data centers. We also build the pipelines that process much of that data in order to make it available to the many internal teams that rely on quality data in order to improve the behavior of the autonomous vehicles. We are continually striving to make the ingestion and processing of vehicle data faster, more reliable, and more versatile. We work closely with many other teams including those that generate the logs, manage the fleet of vehicles and the physical operation of the ingest hardware, do further specialized processing of the logs, and develop the autonomy stack that runs on the vehicles.

We’re looking for candidates who are excited about working with multiple systems and providing quality features and solutions for many different internal customers and stakeholders.

What you’ll do: 

• Design, develop, and maintain software and systems to ingest, process, and curate petabytes of vehicle log data from both development and production autonomous vehicle platforms
• Provide coding and design expertise and participate in code reviews
• Leverage your experience with the software development lifecycle to improve our build, test, and deployment tools and processes for physical hardware as well as public and private cloud environments
• Provide outstanding service and support for our internal customers and stakeholders
• Collaborate with multiple upstream and downstream teams across the company to plan, design, and implement performant and reliable software solutions
• Be an integral part of a small team of dedicated and passionate engineers who support each other to help the team achieve its goals and satisfy our customers and partners

What you'll need to succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or a related field and 4+ years of relevant experience (or Master's degree and 2+ years of relevant experience, or PhD)
• Strong communication, problem solving, task prioritization, and teamwork skills
• Solid architecture and design skills
• Experience with Java/Kotlin and Python
• Working knowledge of basic AWS services such as S3, SNS, SQS, EKS
• Experience with cloud-based technologies such as Terraform and Kubernetes
• Some experience with SQL and relational databases

Nice to have: 

• Experience working with large volumes of data
• Experience with workflow management
• Experience with UI development (Typescript, React, Node.js)
• Experience with Ansible
• Experience with Gradle
• Experience with physical compute hardware
• Experience with Golang

What we offer you:

• Competitive compensation packages
• High-quality individual and family medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings account with available employer match
• Employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan with immediate vesting
• Employer-paid group term life insurance and the option to elect voluntary life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid medical leave
• Unlimited vacation
• 15 paid holidays
• Daily lunches, snacks, and beverages available in all office locations
• Pre-tax spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Adoption/Surrogacy support program
• Backup child and elder care program
• Professional development reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Discounted programs that include legal services, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and more
• Company and team bonding outlets: employee resource groups, quarterly team activity stipend, and wellness initiatives

Learn more about Latitude’s team, mission and career opportunities at lat.ai!

The expected base salary range for this full-time position in California is $174,000 - $261,000 USD. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Latitude employees are also eligible to participate in Latitude’s annual bonus programs, equity compensation, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Candidates for positions with Latitude AI must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status.