Engineering Manager Autonomy Storage Infrastructure

Applied Intuition is a physical-AI company that provides software platforms for developing, validating, deploying, and operating intelligent vehicles and machines.

Sunnyvale, United States
About Applied Intuition

Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition builds physical-AI tooling and infrastructure, a Vehicle OS, and a Self-Driving System for automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture, and robotics applications.

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About the Role

You will lead, mentor, and recruit data infrastructure engineers. You will define the storage infrastructure roadmap and own the architecture and reliability of data-lifecycle systems across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. You will drive scalable ingestion, indexing, storage, retrieval, engineering standards, and operational excellence.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
  • 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • 2+ years in engineering management or a tech lead role
  • Experience with Spark, Hudi, Iceberg, LanceDB, or dbt
  • Experience leading teams that build and operate high-scale distributed data systems
  • Experience managing production data-lifecycle systems
  • Understanding of containerization, cloud-native architectures, and modern software development workflows
  • Cross-functional communication and technical influence

Responsibilities

  • Lead, grow, mentor, and recruit data infrastructure engineers
  • Define and drive the storage infrastructure technical roadmap
  • Own the architecture and reliability of full data-lifecycle systems
  • Drive scalable data ingestion, indexing, storage, and retrieval decisions
  • Establish engineering best practices, code-quality standards, and operational excellence

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • 401k with employer match
  • Learning stipend
  • Wellness stipend
  • Paid time off