Staff Software Engineer, Command Center

About the role

Motional’s Las Vegas office is located at 730 E Pilot Road, approximately 10 miles from the Las Vegas strip. The city’s grid system and smart city infrastructure provide extensive opportunities for research and development testing.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on Development & Leadership:
  • Build High-Impact Ops Tools: Lead the coding and delivery of frontend and backend services used by the Operations team to monitor and manage the fleet.
  • Act as the primary engineering presence at the Las Vegas AV operation center, providing real-time technical support and troubleshooting to ensure daily mission success.
  • Interview and onboard future hires, mentor junior engineers, and define workflows for seamless collaboration between Las Vegas and Singapore.
• Product Engineering & Stakeholder Alignment:
  • Own the "Ops-to-Tech" Bridge: Partner deeply with Operations, Product, and TPMs to translate fleet challenges into clear technical requirements for the global engineering team.
  • Shape the Tooling Roadmap: Drive the vision for fleet management and orchestration systems, solving problems to increase fleet efficiency and reduce manual toil.
  • Feedback Loop Architect: Design processes and features that turn qualitative feedback into quantitative data, helping the global team prioritize platform improvements.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with a proven track record of designing and building distributed systems.
• Strong "Product" Mindset: Obsessed with value, able to architect software solutions that bring order and efficiency to chaotic operational floors.
• Experience supporting production systems with a customer-centric mindset and strong communication skills.
• Ability to manage stakeholders (Operations, Product) and communicate effectively with a remote engineering team to get things done without owning the entire stack.
• Proficiency in Golang / Python for web service and scripting.
• Experience building cloud services using SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Qualifications

• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, and Terraform.
• Experience with OLAP databases (e.g., ClickHouse) or building observability tools for monitoring and tracing.
• Previous experience in the Autonomous Vehicle (AV), Robotics, or IoT industries.

Skills

• Leadership and hands-on development skills.
• Experience with distributed systems and cloud services.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with remote teams.

Benefits

• Health savings account.
• Pet insurance.
• Company equity.

Pay

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.

Schedule

This role is based in the Las Vegas office and requires in-office days each week.