Principal Software Engineer (ML Systems)

TL;DR

Principal Software Engineer (ML Systems): Lead design and development of large-scale machine learning infrastructure systems to support the hirify.global Driver's perception capabilities with an accent on system scalability, cross-team collaboration, and technical leadership. Focus on driving multi-year roadmaps, optimizing resource sharing, and solving complex ML infrastructure challenges at scale.

Location: Mountain View, California, United States

Salary: $332,000–$421,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is an autonomous driving technology company focused on building the world's most experienced autonomous driver to improve mobility and safety.

What you will do

• Collaborate closely with Perception engineers to enhance development workflows and velocity.
• Bridge Perception and infrastructure teams to optimize resource sharing and system performance.
• Lead system design and drive multi-year roadmaps anticipating future scale and technology needs.
• Provide technical leadership and direction within large engineering organizations.

Requirements

• Location: Must work onsite in Mountain View, California, United States
• 15+ years of software engineering experience with extensive technical leadership.
• Proven experience designing and building large-scale ML systems handling large data and workloads.
• 6+ years in technical leadership roles guiding teams and setting technical direction.
• Strong problem-solving skills with user-focused system design and evolution.

Nice to have

• Experience managing cross-organizational system transitions under production demands.
• Expertise in modern ML data, training, and evaluation systems for large models.
• Budget management experience for compute, storage, and memory resources supporting large developer teams.