Revolutionize the future of autonomous driving with us. We are seeking a talented Senior or Staff Software Engineer to join our Map Creator team.

Your work will be critical for Motional’s scalability and expansion. The successful candidate will be integral to the development of a cutting-edge, web-based semantic map annotation editor for our autonomous vehicles. This role involves managing massive-scale map data, by ensuring it can be edited, validated, and visualized, while maintaining great performance. Furthermore, you will also take part in automating map generation processes and designing efficient user workflows to drive operational profitability. Your contributions will directly shape the future of transportation.

If you're passionate about building impactful, user-friendly solutions and thrive in a collaborative, innovative environment, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for.

What You'll Be Doing

You will help build and improve the tools that make autonomous vehicle mapping faster, more reliable, and more scalable.

Core Responsibilities

Design, build, test, and maintain our web-based 2D/3D map editor, visualization tools, and validation systems.
Optimize performance across CPU, memory, rendering, networking, and concurrency to support workflows involving terabytes of map data.
Develop map generation and validation automations using efficient algorithms to improve mapping productivity.
Work closely with Machine Learning teams to integrate ML-based automation into map annotation workflows.
Collaborate with international engineering, research, and operations teams to understand problems and deliver practical solutions.
Leverage modern AI development tools and contribute to integrating agentic AI capabilities and guardrails into our development workflows.

Senior Engineer

Own and deliver end-to-end multi-month projects, from architecture to deployment and maintenance.
Design scalable, high-performance solutions that optimize system UX and reliability.
Evaluate technical trade-offs and propose architectural and roadmap enhancements.
Provide impactful code/design reviews and mentor team members through technical challenges.

Staff Engineer

Define multi-quarter technical roadmaps aligned with product strategy and operational goals.
Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and translate ambiguous problems into clear execution plans.
Own core Map Creator architecture, driving key decisions on scalability, performance, and reliability.
Align stakeholders, influence cross-team technical direction, and advise leadership on priorities.
Establish engineering standards for design, testing, quality, and developer productivity.
Proactively identify technical risks and opportunities to boost delivery velocity.
Mentor engineers, including Senior Engineers, fostering technical excellence and growth.
Remain hands-on with prototyping, system design, and solving complex technical challenges.

What We're Looking For

Core Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Strong experience with TypeScript, React, and modern software development practices.
Solid understanding of engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, architecture, concurrency, parallelization, observability, and design patterns.
Ability to take ownership of solutions from requirements and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate technical decisions and trade-offs clearly.
Expertise in at least one of the following areas:
Building complex editor applications with advanced state management and user interactions.
Geospatial data processing and modern mapping systems.
High-performance visualization using WebGL or WebGPU.
UI/UX design for complex technical workflows and tools.

Senior Engineer

5+ years (or equivalent) of experience building complex production applications.
Proven track record of delivering multi-month engineering projects with high quality and reliability.