Staff Data Platform Engineer - Data Engine

Staff Data Platform Engineer - Data Engine

Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition delivers the toolchain, Vehicle OS, and autonomy stacks to help customers build intelligent vehicles and shorten time to market. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers and major programs across the Department of Defense trust Applied Intuition's solutions to deliver vehicle intelligence. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture industries and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

About the Role

We are looking for a Staff Data Platform Engineer to shape the strategy, architecture, and execution of our next-generation data ecosystem. In this role, you will partner closely with our autonomy stack teams—the "customers" of our platform—to deeply understand their workflows, pain points, and evolving needs.

You will lead the design and development of robust, scalable, and data-intensive distributed systems that power the full lifecycle of autonomous driving data: collection, ingestion, curation, machine learning training, and evaluation. You'll be a key decision-maker in defining best practices, data contracts, and integration patterns across upstream and downstream systems.

This is a highly impactful role for someone who thrives at the intersection of technical leadership, system design, and cross-team collaboration, and who wants to elevate the capabilities of our data platform to support cutting-edge ML and autonomy development.

At Applied Intuition, You Will:

• Drive Data Platform Strategy
• Partner with Customers
• Lead Complex Workflow Development
• Establish Data Contracts
• Set Best Practices
• Mentor and Influence
• Collaborate Across Functions

We're Looking For Someone Who Has:

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, distributed systems, or related backend engineering roles
• Proven track record of architecting and building large-scale, data-intensive, distributed systems
• Deep experience with complex ETL pipelines, data ingestion frameworks, and data processing engines
• Strong understanding of data modeling, partitioning, schema evolution, and metadata management at scale
• Hands-on experience with cloud object stores, lakehouse architectures, and data warehouse technologies
• Ability to drive technical discussions with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across teams and functions

Nice To Have:

• Experience supporting ML/AI workflows at scale
• Familiarity with data governance, lineage tracking, and observability tools
• Experience in autonomous systems, robotics, or other high-volume sensor data domains
• Contributions to open-source data infrastructure projects

Why Join Us?

You'll be at the heart of enabling autonomous driving innovation—building the systems that allow teams to harness massive amounts of real-world and simulated data for developing and validating our stack. You'll have the autonomy to set the technical direction, the opportunity to solve some of the hardest data engineering problems, and the ability to make a measurable impact on the success of our platform and products.

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units, comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401k retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment.

Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, interview performance, and the level and scope of the position. The base salary range for this full-time position in the location listed is: $153,000 - $222,000 USD annually.

Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.