Staff AI Engineer, Sonatus
Cloud Backend, Office of CTO
$176-242k
Offers stock option plan
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
Job no longer available
Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$176-242k
Offers stock option plan
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To accelerate automotive innovation.
Role
Who you are
- A seasoned engineer with 8+ years of experience building and scaling data-intensive, cloud-based services and applications
- Deep expertise in deploying and managing cloud-native workloads on various cloud environments
- Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity, and security principles (e.g., IAM, private networking, TLS/SSL, ingress/egress)
- Proven track record of designing highly available and fault-tolerant architectures across multiple regions/zones
- A "systems thinker" with a demonstrated ability to architect end-to-end solutions, possessing a strong foundation in both Data Engineering and Cloud/Backend Software Development
- Deep proficiency in Python and/or Go with an emphasis on Infrastructure as Code
- Strong programming fundamentals, particularly in data structures & algorithms, and concurrency
- Hands-on experience with containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience building and optimizing highly available, scalable, distributed backend services leveraging open source technologies and tools such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, and ElasticSearch
- Experience with developing data pipelines and database-supported cloud services and applications
- Ability to deeply analyze, break down, and solve complex problems
- Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex ideas and solutions clearly, and to collaborate with cross-functional teams effectively
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Math, Physics, or related fields
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly motivated Staff AI Engineer, Cloud Backend for AI Applications to join our team and help us accelerate software innovations for next-generation software-defined vehicles
- In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing large-scale data processing pipelines and building the cloud infrastructure to support our AI applications
- You'll use your deep expertise in cloud architecture and backend development to make critical decisions that span data processing, API design, and cloud service deployment
- This is a key leadership position for a hands-on engineer who will define our data governance, infrastructure as code, and production observability best practices
- Design and build the foundational, end-to-end cloud and backend platform for our Generative AI systems. You'll make critical decisions that span data processing, API design, and service deployment
- Build and scale the data pipelines that are the lifeblood of our applications. This includes processing massive datasets and creating the real-time data flows for our AI systems. You will design and implement large-scale data processing pipelines that handle a diverse set of data collected from millions of vehicles
- Deploy, scale, and optimize our cloud infrastructure. You will manage hardware resources, minimize inference latency, and build robust monitoring to ensure our AI system is always fast, accurate, and cost-effective. This includes developing and deploying containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
- Create a single, cohesive set of best practices for the entire application lifecycle. Your work will define how we handle data governance, infrastructure as code, and production observability in one seamless system
- Design secure and scalable networking layers within cloud environments, including VPC design, private/public subnet configurations, NAT/Internet gateways, and load balancers
- Implement and manage core infrastructure services such as DNS, routing, and service discovery to ensure reliable, low-latency access to cloud services
- Automate infrastructure deployment using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.), ensuring repeatability across cloud environments
- Deliver production-ready CI/CD pipelines for automated provisioning and deployment of containerized workloads
Our take
Software-defined vehicles represent the biggest innovation in automobiles for decades, but there are large obstacles in the way of their growth. The software that defines such vehicles requires over-the-air (OTA) updates and other forms of maintenance, which can quickly become a time-consuming and resource-intensive process.
Sonatus develops cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles, providing a platform called Digital Dynamics that empowers automakers to harness vehicle data, add feature updates, diagnose problems, and maintain vehicle infrastructure wirelessly and in real time. The company achieves its flexibility through cloud-empowered data infrastructure, no-code software solutions, and working closely with clients.
Whilst the company faces competition from other IoT vehicle software companies, Sonatus shows great potential to compete through its all-in-one approach. This has earned it impressive funding, which supports further development and the increase of production volume, as well as the company's expansion into the Japanese market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2022
$75m
SERIES A
Jul 2021
$35m
SERIES A
Total funding: $110m
Company benefits
- Stock option program
- Flexible working arrangements
- Unlimited PTO
- Comprehensive benefits with generous allowance
- Free in-office food & snacks!
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
Jeffrey Chou
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as Senior Director of Engineering for Nuova Systems. Founder of Diamanti, where they were CEO and now serve as a Board Member.
Yu Fang
(Co-Founder & CTO/CPO)Head of Mobile Engineering for NAUTO from 2016 to 2018. Experience as CTO of CARDFREE.
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