Engineering Manager - Data Intelligence
Leads engineering team building data quality systems, intelligent labeling workflows, and data mining infrastructure using foundation models to accelerate autonomy development. Requires 3+ years engineering management and experience with data-centric AI.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Grow and manage a team of world-class engineers with the goal of delivering high-quality, well-labeled data and identifying critical edge cases for autonomy
- Prioritize development across data quality systems, intelligent labeling workflows, and large-scale data mining infrastructure
- Lead the integration of foundation models (LLMs, VLMs, and multimodal models) to automate and enhance labeling, quality assurance, and data discovery
- Evolve our data engine architecture to scale high-fidelity labels, reduce annotation costs, and accelerate ML iteration cycles
- Set team goals and roadmap in alignment with training, evaluation, and deployment requirements
- Partner with research, autonomy, and data infrastructure teams to ensure high-quality, relevant, and diverse data is powering our models
- Drive hiring, mentoring, and growth for a high-performing, mission-driven team
Requirements
- 3+ years of engineering management experience
- Passion for building and leading high-performing teams
- Experience building data quality systems, labeling pipelines, or annotation platforms at scale
- Familiarity with modern ML infrastructure and data-centric AI approaches
- Understanding of how foundation models can be applied to automate data workflows
- Solid track record of building and deploying products
Nice to Have
- Direct experience with foundation models, including LLMs and VLMs, for data automation tasks
- Background in autonomous driving or robotics perception
- Experience with active learning, auto-labeling, or human-in-the-loop ML systems
- Familiarity with 3D perception data (camera, lidar, radar)
Compensation
- Base salary range: $204,000 - $343,000 USD annually
- Equity, comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401k with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, paid time off
Skills
Foundation Models, LLMs, Vlms, Multimodal Models, Data Quality Systems, Labeling Pipelines, Annotation Platforms, ML Infrastructure, Data Mining, Active Learning, Auto-Labeling, Human-In-The-Loop Ml, 3D Perception, Lidar, Radar
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