Sr. Software Engineer, Infrastructure, MLOps, Autonomy

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. 

As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations. 

As a member of Rivian's ADAS team, you'll be a key Software Engineer responsible for building, testing, and releasing mission-critical infrastructure services. Your work will directly support our autonomous driving initiatives by ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of our cloud-based and on-premise systems. This role is crucial for automating processes and maintaining our CI/CD pipelines to enable the rapid development of safety-critical self-driving features.

• →Lead ML Platform Engineering: Build, test, and release mission-critical infrastructure specifically designed for large-scale ML workloads (training, evaluation, and simulation) on AWS and on-prem.
• →Optimize Training Performance: Partner with the Perception ML team to improve training throughput, GPU utilization, and model iteration speed.
• →Scalable Data Pipelines: Setup fault-tolerant, multi-region environments for massive-scale data preparation and ingestion required for autonomous driving models.
• →Own ML Lifecycle CI/CD: Design and maintain specialized pipelines for model versioning, automated evaluation, and seamless deployment to edge or cloud environments.
• →GPU & Cloud Cost Management: Drive aggressive cost optimization strategies in AWS, focusing on high-cost resources like P-family instances, Spot instances, and large-scale S3 storage.
• →Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the bridge between "generic" infrastructure and ML Research, ensuring the platform meets the unique requirements of deep learning architectures.

• 4+ Yrs. experience in a Software Engineering, DevOps, or MLOps role.
• 4+ Yrs. experience managing production-grade distributed systems, specifically those handling high-throughput data or compute-heavy workloads.
• Expertise in ML Infrastructure: Deep knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS), specifically for scheduling GPU workloads, managing node groups, and handling large-scale EFS/FSx for Lustre storage.
• Cloud Proficiency: Advanced skills in the AWS stack (S3, RDS, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch) with a focus on high-performance computing (HPC) patterns.
• Automation & Coding: Hands-on proficiency in Python (required for ML scripting) and Go or Java, using GitLab for orchestration.
• Infrastructure as Code: Expert-level mastery of Terraform for reproducible ML environments.
• Monitoring & Observability: Experience monitoring high-performance clusters using Datadog, Prometheus, or Weights & Biases.
• MLOps Patterns: Experience with GitOps and ML-specific tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Kubeflow, or Metaflow) and microservice architectures.
• The "Plus" List:
  • Knowledge of CUDA, NCCL, or deep learning frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow).
  • Understanding of Linux internals, high-speed networking, and distributed computing.
  • AWS Solutions Architect or Machine Learning Specialty certification.

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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