Staff Machine Learning Software Engineer, Cruise
Perception
$175.1-257.5k
Self-driving vehicles
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Self-driving vehicles
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$175.1-257.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a better world by deploying driverless cars at scale.
Role
Who you are
- BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with focus on large-scale systems
- 2+ years of technical leadership experience driving complex projects and architectural decisions
- Track record of successful cross-functional technical collaboration
- Expert-level programming skills in Python and C++
- Deep understanding of ML model lifecycle, MLOps, and evaluation metrics
- Extensive experience with ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) and ML infrastructure
- Strong expertise in distributed systems design and architecture
- Proven track record of leading complex technical projects and making architectural decisions at scale
- Expertise in designing and implementing large-scale data processing pipelines
- Excellence in technical communication and documentation
Desirable
- Experience with autonomous systems or robotics
- Familiarity with SQL and data engineering
- Publications in ML/CV conferences
- Contributions to open-source ML/robotics projects
What the job involves
- We're seeking an experienced Tech Lead / Staff ML Software Engineer to drive our Perception Evaluation team's technical direction and architecture, focusing on designing and implementing next-generation autonomous vehicle perception solutions while working closely with ML researchers and engineers
- Drive technical roadmap and architect perception evaluation systems that shape multi-year product strategy
- Design and implement scalable ML evaluation frameworks, pipelines, and infrastructure to enable rapid iteration and validation of perception models
- Create and maintain technical standards, best practices, and design patterns across perception evaluation systems
- Develop innovative technical solutions for complex ML evaluation challenges in autonomous vehicle perception
- Partner with ML Research, Data, and Infrastructure teams to drive technical alignment and implementation
- Establish metrics, processes, and frameworks for systematic evaluation of ML models
- Lead technical deep dives, root cause analysis, and architecture discussions
- Champion code quality, testing standards, and technical documentation practices
Our take
The taxi industry has seen dramatic changes through mobile vehicle-hailing apps such as Uber, but these services focus simply on ease-of-access to regular taxi services. The automotive industry has seen a vast range of innovations in recent years such as electric cars and self-driving capability, features that are currently not found in existing services.
Cruise brings self-driving autonomy and electric cars together into a taxi-hailing mobile application. In addition to these innovations, the service focuses on efficiency through ride-sharing as opposed to each ride providing a single trip. Whilst other taxi-hailing services will inevitably turn to electric self-driving vehicles, Cruise shows potential to stand out through its AI-fuelled focus on carpooling and fleet efficiency.
Cruise, which has been acquired by General Motors, has received an inordinate amount of funding, including from Honda and Microsoft, with Softbank investing over $2B to scale its technology. A sum of this came after Cruise launched a limited driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco. However, the company is now facing lawsuits from the city to limit its operations there after a series of accidents involving Cruise's vehicles.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Jun 2024
$850m
LATE VC
Feb 2022
$1.3bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $9.1bn
Company benefits
- Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and life insurance
- Subsidized mental health benefits
- One Medical membership
- Flexible Spending Account
- Monthly wellness stipend
- 401(k) match
- Paid time off: vacation, sick, public health emergency, jury duty, bereavement and company holidays
- Paid parental, family care and medical leave
- Family care benefits: fertility benefits, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (subsidized by Cruise)
- Non-remote employees: Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan, healthy meals and snacks
- CruiseFlex - a working policy for US-Based Cruisers that lets you and your manager find what working style is best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home or a combination of home and in-office time
Company values
- Stay safe
- Stay focused
- Own it
- Seek truth
- Work together
- Be humble
- Be a customer
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Craig Glidden
(CEO (Not Founder))Is also currently the Executive Vice President of General Motors in its Legal wing.
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