Senior Staff AI Engineer, Sonatus
$227.5-300k
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
Be an early applicant
Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$227.5-300k
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To accelerate automotive innovation.
Role
Who you are
- Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Sciences, or a related field preferred. Bachelor's degree required
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with 4+ years dedicated to shipping production-scale AI/Agentic systems. You have a track record of moving projects from whiteboards to global cloud deployments
- Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, or C++, with hands-on experience in relevant frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn)
- Expert-level experience with stateful orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar). You understand the nuances of managing state across complex, multi-step AI missions
- Strong experience grounding AI in structured/unstructured Big Data environments. Practical knowledge of traditional databases, streaming analytics, and Vector databases
- Proven experience building multi-agent systems and frameworks with adaptive orchestration
- Deep understanding of Jailbreak Detection (e.g., LlamaGuard) and PII masking techniques to ensure safe LLM interactions in regulated environments
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of current machine learning algorithms, AI technologies, and platforms
- Solid experience in data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation techniques
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus
- Strong knowledge of software development best practices, version control systems, and agile methodologies
- Results-driven with a positive can-do attitude and excellent problem-solving skills
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Experience in the automotive industry is highly desirable
- Experience building multi-tenant "Platform-as-a-Service" (PaaS) models is desirable
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Staff AI Engineer with a combination of architectural expertise and production rigor to lead the development of an Agentic Framework to support our AI applications
- In this role, you will be the technical anchor for our AI offerings, working to deliver a production-grade Agentic Operating Layer for software-defined vehicles
- This is a 50% Architecture / 50% Implementation position
- You will be responsible for designing and implementing an extensible architecture that bridges high-velocity vehicle telemetry with sophisticated AI reasoning
- We need a leader who is collaborative by nature but decisive in execution—someone who can drive architectural consensus and take full accountability for the performance, safety, and scalability of the resulting system
- Lead the architecture and design of an extensible AI platform. Drive architectural consensus across teams on AI-core decisions to ensure platform unification
- Lead the development of agentic orchestration by designing and implementing mission-critical components that allow AI agents to decompose complex goals into actionable sub-tasks
- Design and implement a versioned prompt registry allowing for model-agnostic routing and A/B testing of system prompts
- Engineer the privacy shield for PII redaction and the hallucination verifier to audit AI-generated actions before execution
- Conduct the full cycle of data modeling and algorithm development, including modeling, training, tuning, validating, deploying, and maintaining services (AI breadth)
- Strong domain expertise in the AI area, including LLM, RAG, fine-tune large models, traditional ML models, etc. (AI depth)
- Stay current with industry trends and advancements in data science and AI technologies. (State-of-the-Art)
- Perform data analysis and offer insights to inform business decisions across multiple domains
- Adhere to data privacy and security protocols to uphold the confidentiality of sensitive information
- Document and communicate technical designs, processes, and best practices to stakeholders using visualizations and presentations
- Take charge of projects, ensuring timely completion in a dynamic work environment
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.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 11 more jobs at Sonatus