Staff Software Engineer, Command Center
MotionalLas Vegas, Nevada, United States · Posted 7 months agoDescription
Motional’s Las Vegas office is located less than 10 miles from the Las Vegas strip at 730 E Pilot Road and is home to one of the largest fleets of self-driving vehicles. The city’s grid system of roads and being one of America’s “smart cities” allows for extensive research and development testing.
This role is based in our Las Vegas office and requires in-office days each week.
Mission Summary:
Join us as a key technical leader in Las Vegas as we launch our commercial Autonomous Vehicle (AV) ride service. We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer with a strong product mindset to bridge the gap between our Operations partners and our global Engineering team. You will lead the development of critical operational tools—like fleet management and orchestration systems—while shaping the roadmap to ensure our technology meets real-world needs.
What You'll Be Doing:
Hands-on Development & Leadership
- Build High-Impact Ops Tools: Lead the coding and delivery of frontend and backend services that the Operations team uses daily to monitor and manage the fleet. You will balance long-term scalability with the need for immediate operational solutions.
- 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.
- You will interview and onboard future hires, mentor junior engineers, and define the workflows (handovers, async communication, documentation standards) that enable seamless collaboration between Las Vegas and Singapore.
Product Engineering & Stakeholder Alignment
- Own the "Ops-to-Tech" Bridge: Partner deep with Operations, Product, and TPMs to translate complex, real-world fleet challenges into clear, actionable technical requirements for the global engineering team.
- Shape the Tooling Roadmap: Drive the vision for our fleet management and orchestration systems. You won't just build tickets; you will identify the right problems to solve to increase fleet efficiency and reduce manual toil.
- Feedback Loop Architect: Design processes and features that turn qualitative operational feedback into quantitative data, helping the global team prioritize platform improvements.
What We're Looking For:
- 8+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with a proven track record of designing and building distributed systems.
- Strong "Product" Mindset: You are obsessed with value. You can look at a chaotic operational floor and architect a software solution that brings order and efficiency.
- Experience supporting production systems with a customer-centric mindset and strong communication skills.
- Ability to manage stakeholders (Ops, 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.
- A Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
Bonus Points (not required):
- 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.
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.
Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. 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.
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. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.
Higher purpose, greater impact.
We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. 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. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it’s not only good for our business, it’s the right thing to do.
Scale up, not starting up.
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. We’re driven to scale; we’re moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.
Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.
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