<p><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Latitude AI (</span><a href="https://lat.ai/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lat.ai</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) develops automated driving technologies, including L3, for Ford vehicles at scale. We’re driven by the opportunity to reimagine what it’s like to drive and make travel safer, less stressful, and more enjoyable for everyone. </span> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">When you join the Latitude team, you’ll work alongside leading experts across machine learning and robotics, cloud platforms, mapping, sensors and compute systems, test operations, systems and safety engineering – </span><strong><em>all dedicated to making a real, positive impact on the driving experience for millions of people. </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As a Ford Motor Company subsidiary, we operate independently to develop automated driving technology at the speed of a technology startup. Latitude is headquartered in Pittsburgh with engineering centers in Dearborn, Mich., and Palo Alto, Calif.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Meet the team:</strong></span></p>
<p>At Latitude, the Overwatch team builds the systems that run and manage large amounts of computing work across the organization. This work helps engineers train models, test software, and move data reliably at scale. The team owns the platforms that schedule and monitor long-running jobs and keep shared computing resources running efficiently. In addition, the team develops systems that deliver software and data to vehicles and collect logs and telemetry from real-world driving.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>What you’ll do: </strong></span></p>
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<li>Build and improve systems that orchestrate, schedule, run, and monitor large numbers of ML jobs used across the company for training automated driving features</li>
<li>Design reliable software that handles failures, retries, and high load while keeping results accurate and timely</li>
<li>Build and maintain backend services and APIs that support job submission and reliable execution of long-running work</li>
<li>Investigate production issues, identify root causes, and implement fixes that prevent repeat failures</li>
<li>Review designs and code to ensure solutions are simple, reliable, and scalable over time</li>
<li>Collaborate closely with infrastructure, machine learning and data science teams to ensure computing systems are reliable and being optimally used</li>
<li>Build with scale and maintainability in mind, while rapidly iterating on new ideas</li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>What you'll need to succeed:</strong></span></p>
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<li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or a related field and 4+ years of relevant experience (or Master's degree and 2+ years of relevant experience, or PhD)</li>
<li>Experience in designing high-scale distributed systems that meet user requirements</li>
<li>Prior experience building or operating large-scale job scheduling or workload orchestration platforms, such as container-based or batch computing systems used to manage shared compute resources</li>
<li>Expertise in back-end languages (e.g., Kotlin, Java, Go, Python) and frameworks</li>
<li>Experience designing and building distributed systems using modern backend patterns for reliability, coordination, and asynchronous processing</li>
<li>At least 6+ years of experience in a related field where actively coding & designing 80% of the time</li>
<li>Comfort working in a fast-moving environment with evolving requirements, where ideas are tested quickly and real user impact guides decisions</li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Nice to have:</strong><span style="font-weight: 300;"> </span></span></p>
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<li>Exposure to performance tuning, cost optimization, or capacity planning for compute-intensive workloads</li>
<li>Experience working on large-scale computing platforms that manage shared resources and competing workloads</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>What we offer you:</strong></span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Competitive compensation packages</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">High-quality individual and family medical, dental, and vision insurance</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Health savings account with available employer match</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan with immediate vesting</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Employer-paid group term life insurance and the option to elect voluntary life insurance</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Paid parental leave</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Paid medical leave</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Unlimited vacation</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">15 paid holidays</span></li>
<li>Daily lunches, snacks, and beverages available in all office locations</li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pre-tax spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pre-tax commuter benefits</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Monthly wellness stipend</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Adoption/Surrogacy support program</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Backup child and elder care program</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Professional development reimbursement</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Employee assistance program</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Discounted programs that include legal services, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and more</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Company and team bonding outlets: employee resource groups, quarterly team activity stipend, and wellness initiatives</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Learn more about Latitude’s team, mission and career opportunities at </span><a href="https://lat.ai/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lat.ai</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The expected base salary range for this full-time position in California is $179,200 - $268,800 USD. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Latitude employees are also eligible to participate in Latitude’s annual bonus programs, equity compensation, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.</span></span></p>
<p>Candidates for positions with Latitude AI must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is available for this position.</p>
<p>We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status.</p>