Principal Technical Lead Manager – AI Data Applications

Motional

Principal Technical Lead Manager leading AI Data Application team for Motional. Focused on building web platforms for ML dataset generation and data search applications with a hands-on approach.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $240,000 - $330,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSGraphQLGRPCPostgresPythonReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build, lead, and manage a high-performing team of full stack web engineers.
Define team goals, priorities, and roadmap in alignment with company objectives.
Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and career development opportunities to team members.
Define the technical vision and strategy for building services and web platforms for storing and searching metadata and forming datasets.
Define AI adoption strategy for frontend codebase and UX projects to speed up development and time to market.
Identify and evaluate cutting-edge technologies and methodologies for querying through datasets stored in various types of databases (think images in vector store, metadata in Postgres, etc) and APIs owned by several teams across the company.
Collaborate closely with data mining, ML researchers, and other data platform teams to understand their needs and integrate solutions seamlessly.
Communicate complex technical concepts and strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS or MS in Computer Science or related field
8+ years of professional experience in building web applications
3+ years of experience in a technical lead or management role
Extensive experience with building web applications for search and data curation needs.
Extensive experience with API and query federation technologies such as GraphQL or AWS Athena.
Strong programming skills in Typescript and Python.
Strong knowledge of modern frontend technologies such React.
Strong knowledge of building REST and gRPC based services, ideally in Python.
Prior experience with building web applications for engineering or machine learning needs

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
401k with a company match
health saving accounts
life insurance
pet insurance
more

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Hard Skills & Tools

Web Application DevelopmentAPI DevelopmentGraphQLAWS AthenaTypescriptPythonReactREST ServicesGRPC ServicesData Curation

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipMentorshipCommunication

Certifications

BS in Computer ScienceMS in Computer Science