Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Data

Responsibilities

• Work with ML team to automate existing and new pipelines using AirFlow/Metaflow like orchestration frameworks.
• Utilize different auto generated / manually labeled signals to stratify datasets to dedup data and improve the information content of ML dataset.
• Improve and support the metrics dashboard and the underlying datastore to allow it to be scalable for growing volume of tests, performant and cost effective.
• Be the advocate for additional tooling to simplify and improve current processes to become more powerful and automated. This includes but is not limited to dataset curation and mining, evaluation and problem discovery, labelling and triage including utilizing LLM’s and offboard models.
• Contribute to the development of scalable AI infrastructure that supports continuous learning and deployment across Kodiak’s fleet.

Requirements

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field, and 3+ years of practical experience working with ML teams.
• Proficiency in Python
• Proven ability to build scalable ELT pipelines and data models using SQL and modern data lakes using automated workflow orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow / MetaFlow
• Specific experience building data infrastructure for ML / AI teams, ideally with camera, lidar, radar, etc in the autonomy space.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including testing, debugging, and system design.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams to solve complex autonomy and robotics challenges.

Qualifications

None specified

Skills

None specified

Benefits

Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
Fidelity 401(k)
Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)

Pay

California Pay Range: $200,000 - $265,000 USD

Schedule

Not specified