We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work. 

Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

ML Data team is responsible for building the data platform for Cruise AI, where we build the infrastructure to efficiently find long tail and impactful on-road scenarios to improve our autonomous vehicles. The team works on building a state of the art platform that powers data discovery, curation and featurization that can reliably scale to serve the petabyte-scale data requirements of Perception/Prediction models. Engineers on this team build the centralized infrastructure that supports self-serving data mining and featurization platform for the entire company which is a critical drive to improve AV stack performance.
What you’ll be doing:

• Use the latest cloud technologies to design, implement, and test scalable distributed data systems in the cloud. Champion engineering excellence by continuously improving systems and processes
• Invent, extend, design and develop next-generation features for self-driving car applications
• Own technical projects from start to finish. Effectively participate in team’s planning, code reviews and design discussions
• Work together with partner teams and orgs to achieve cross-departmental goals and satisfy broad requirements

What you must have:

• BS, MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or another relevant field; or equivalent real-world experience
• 10+ years working with distributed systems
• Experience building scalable infrastructure on the cloud with Python, Java, or Golang (or similar)
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience with feature engineering or Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, Beam or other data processing tools
• Passionate about self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world
• Attention to detail and a passion for truth
• A track record of efficiently solving complex problems
• Startup mentality - openness to dealing with unknown unknowns and wearing many hats

Bonus points!

• Demonstrable expertise in a major database product, data mining, search or information retrieval
• Proficiency in writing SQL queries for analytic purposes
• Relevant publications

The salary range for this position is $193,900 - 285,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.

Why Cruise?

• Our benefits are here to support the whole you:

• Competitive salary and benefits 
• 401(k) Cruise matching program 
• Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
• One Medical membership
• Subsidized mental health benefits
• Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
• Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
• Paid parental, jury duty, bereavement, family care, and medical leave
• Fertility Benefits
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
• Flexible Spending Account 
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
• CruiseFlex, a working policy for US-Based Cruisers, lets you and your manager find the working style that’s best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home, or a combination of home and in-office time. - learn more about CruiseFlex here

• We’re Integrated

• Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturi