Viam

Robotics

LeadSoftwareEngineer,DataPlatform

$220–250k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Lead Software Engineer, Data Platform at Viam. Skills: Data Platform, ML Infrastructure, Leadership. Lead and develop a team. Write code and ship features”

What You'll Achieve.

make it usable across the Viam platform; turns that data into models

Industry & Context.

Robotics
Problems you'll solve

solve complicated automation problems; handling an unusually wide variety of data types; building auto-labeling and training workflows at scale

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

technical lead with systems judgment, product instincts, background building and scaling backend or platform infrastructure in production, shipped APIs and UIs, sound judgment on system design and tradeoffs, product instincts, make decisions with incomplete information, bias toward shipping over planning, track record of driving cross-team projects from ambiguity to production, Experience with data-intensive systems, streaming pipelines, ML infrastructure

Nice to Have

Experience with robotics or IoT

What You'll Do.

Lead and develop a team

Write code and ship features

Own the architecture of the data pipeline

Drive the reliability and performance of ML infrastructure

Own cross-team problems

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

work closely with product; working closely with Computer Vision; Fleet Management; Mobile; Solutions Engineering

Process & Methodology

run planning, ship reliably

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