[Hiring] Senior Full Stack Engineer @Motional

Role Description

At Motional, we're transforming how autonomous vehicles discover critical intelligence hidden within petabytes of multimodal sensor data. As a Senior Full Stack Engineer on the Data Mining team, you will serve as the technical anchor for our user-facing products, architecting the UI excellence and control plane services that power exploration across petabytes of data.

• Drive Front-End & UI Excellence: Serve as the technical anchor for customer-facing applications, setting standards for state management, component modularity, and performance using React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Bridge UX & Production: Partner closely with UX/UI designers to translate complex workflows and design systems into responsive, performant web interfaces, interactive data visualizations, and telemetry tools.
• Architect Control Plane APIs: Build and scale low-latency REST and gRPC microservices in Python and Node.js/TypeScript to efficiently manage and retrieve massive multimodal query payloads.
• Guarantee Reliability & CI/CD: Establish robust testing strategies (unit, integration, and E2E automation) and CI/CD pipelines to ensure flawless releases and prevent UI/UX regressions across client deployments.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Collaborate with ML researchers, data mining engineers, and platform teams to translate cutting-edge data curation and triage needs into intuitive product features.
• Mentorship & Communication: Mentor engineers on full-stack best practices while clearly articulating architectural strategies to both technical peers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field, with 6+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience building and scaling production web applications.
• Proven track record in modern front-end frameworks (React, Next.js, TypeScript) paired with strong backend development in Python and Node.js to design and operate high-performance REST and gRPC services.
• Practical experience designing high-performance APIs and managing cloud infrastructure using AWS (EKS, Lambda) and AWS CDK (TypeScript) or Terraform.
• Demonstrated experience establishing automated testing pipelines (e.g., Cypress, Playwright) and maturing CI/CD practices to safeguard user experience across deployments.
• Track record of collaborating with UX designers, ML engineers, and data teams to transform complex technical domain needs into intuitive tools.

Requirements

• Prior experience in autonomous vehicles (AV), robotics, or real-time spatial/sensor data applications.
• Product design sensibilities or direct UI/UX experience.
• Familiarity with 3D visualization, Canvas/WebGL, or 3D math/linear algebra fundamentals for handling sensor data viewers.
• Background in internal developer tooling, log ingestion, telemetry viewers, or data annotation systems.

Benefits

• Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Company Description

Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We’re driven by something more.

• Our journey is always people first.
• We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect.
• We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation.
• We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization.
• Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet.
• Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives.