Principal Software Lead, Machine Learning

Standard Bots • New York, NY

11d • $250,000 - $300,000

About The Position

At Standard Bots, we're revolutionizing real-world automation by making robotic systems accessible to everyone. Our AI-powered platform enables robots to tackle unprecedented challenges through an intuitive instruction interface, bringing the power of software automation to physical spaces.
We're seeking a Principal Machine Learning Lead to develop and optimize our AI models and training systems. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your deep ML expertise to cutting-edge AI/robotics applications. You'll work closely with our engineering team to design, implement, and iterate on large-scale AI models while building efficient systems for rapid experimentation and deployment. We have a small team of AI engineers, so we’re looking for someone who is excited to work at a startup, and work across the stack to do what is needed to get a model that achieves a customer problem.
We're looking for an experienced engineer ready to make a tangible impact in the AI robotics revolution. This role requires a proven background working on ML planning within the autonomous vehicle space with experience using the latest techniques in diffusion and autoregressive models in a professional setting. If you're excited about building the latest advancements in AI and working in the robotics space, we’d love to hear from you.

Requirements

• Have 5+ years of AI modeling experience, specifically within the self-driving car industry (or PhD with 3+ years of AI modeling experience in the self-driving car industry)
• Proven track record developing and deploying large-scale ML models
• Have experience using the latest techniques in diffusion and autoregressive models in a professional setting
• Are familiar with training inference and infra pipelines that go from camera input to trajectory output for self driving or robotics
• Have experience with RL (reinforcement learning)
• Have a strong understanding of modern ML architectures and training techniques
• Have experience with model debugging, optimization, and performance tuning
• Have a background in implementing ML research papers and adapting academic work
• PyTorch (experience with PyTorch required)
• Python
• NodeJS/Typescript
• Docker

Responsibilities

• Design and implement state of the art ML models and training pipelines:
• Apply novel machine learning techniques to wide range of robotics applications
• Develop efficient data and training strategies
• Implement model evaluation frameworks and metrics tracking
• Lead model development and iteration with focus on:
• Rapid experimentation and prototyping of new model architectures
• Performance optimization and model debugging
• Transfer learning and fine-tuning strategies
• Build robust evaluation and debugging systems to:
• Analyze model behavior and failure modes
• Implement interpretability tools and visualization frameworks
• Track and improve model metrics
• Collaborate with engineering team to optimize training infrastructure and deployment

Benefits

• The salary range for this role is $250,000 to $300,000, depending on experience.
• We are open to a variety of seniority levels for this role and will build compensation packages that are commensurate with seniority and skill level.
• Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at Standard Bots.
• All Full-Time Employees are eligible for Employee Stock Options.
• We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees