Applied Intuition · 10 hours ago
Staff Data Platform Engineer - Data Engine
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $225K/yr
10+ years expApplied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. They are looking for a Staff Data Platform Engineer to shape the strategy and architecture of their data ecosystem, partnering with teams to understand their workflows and lead the development of scalable data systems.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesEnterprise SoftwareInfrastructureSoftware
Responsibilities
Drive Data Platform Strategy – Define the long-term vision and technical roadmap for the data ecosystem, balancing scalability, reliability, cost efficiency, and developer experience
Partner with Customers – Engage deeply with autonomy stack teams to gather requirements, uncover pain points, and translate them into platform capabilities
Lead Complex Workflow Development – Architect and build end-to-end, large-scale ETL and data workflows for data collection, ingestion, transformation, and delivery
Establish Data Contracts – Define and enforce clear SLAs and contracts with upstream data producers and downstream data consumers
Set Best Practices – Champion data engineering best practices around governance, schema evolution, lineage, quality, and observability
Mentor and Influence – Guide other engineers and teams on designing scalable data systems and making strategic technology choices
Collaborate Across Functions – Work with infrastructure, ML platform, autonomy stack, and labeling teams to ensure smooth data flow and ecosystem integration
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in data engineering, distributed systems, or related backend engineering roles
Proven track record of architecting and building large-scale, data-intensive, distributed systems
Deep experience with complex ETL pipelines, data ingestion frameworks, and data processing engines (e.g., Spark, Flink, Airflow, Flyte, Kafka, etc)
Strong understanding of data modeling, partitioning, schema evolution, and metadata management at scale
Hands-on experience with cloud object stores (e.g., AWS S3), lakehouse architectures, and data warehouse technologies
Ability to drive technical discussions with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across teams and functions
Preferred
Experience supporting ML/AI workflows at scale, from raw data ingestion to model training and evaluation
Familiarity with data governance, lineage tracking, and observability tools
Experience in autonomous systems, robotics, or other high-volume sensor data domains
Contributions to open-source data infrastructure projects
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage
401k retirement benefits with employer match
Learning and wellness stipends
Paid time off
Company
Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition provides software infrastructure to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles
at scale.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.5BKey Investors
General Catalyst
2025-06-17Series F· $600M
2024-07-25Secondary Market· $300M
2024-03-11Series E· $250M
Leadership Team
Qasar Younis
Co-Founder and CEO
Peter Ludwig
CTO and Co-founder
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