Technical Lead, Evaluation Infrastructure

Build and own a unified metrics, evaluation, and validation platform — pipelines, introspection tooling, and analysis products that turn on-road and simulation logs into high-fidelity signals for autonomy iteration and driverless safety validation

Drive the technical bar for metric quality across both heuristic and ML-based approaches; invest in the scale, reliability, and CI/CD of the evaluation stack to shorten time-to-signal for evaluation and time-to-confidence for validation, and to meet high SLAs for downstream stakeholders

Mentor and grow the Evaluation Infrastructure team, and champion AI-native engineering practices that compound team velocity and code quality

Partner with Product, Autonomy, Systems & Safety, and Simulation teams to define and execute the vision and strategy for evaluation at Nuro

You have a degree in B.Sc or M.Sc., plus 4 years of relevant work experience

Domain experience: Strong fluency in distributed systems, large-scale data and ML evaluation pipelines, metrics frameworks (heuristic and/or ML-based), and analytics platforms

Engineering leadership: Experience setting technical vision, roadmap, and prioritization for a team operating at the intersection of autonomy, safety, and data infrastructure; a clear, concise communicator who partners effectively with PMs, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders across Autonomy, Systems & Safety, and Simulation

Technical excellence: Ability and willingness to deep-dive into implementation; sets the technical bar for metric quality, pipeline rigor, and safety-critical engineering practice across the broader software organization; strong proficiency in Python, C++, or similar languages

AI-native mindset: Daily user of modern AI coding assistants and agentic tools (Claude Code, Cursor, and similar), with strong intuition for where they accelerate engineering work and where they don't; eager to apply LLMs and ML systems to evaluation problems, from automated triage and metric generation to natural-language analysis of fleet behavior; raises the team's productivity, code quality, and signal density through thoughtful AI integration

Knowledge of data engineering, and its tooling and best practices

Knowledge of batch and streaming data processing, warehousing, and analytics solutions

Experience with data workflow orchestration platforms

Prior experience building evaluation, validation, or analytics platforms, ideally in autonomy, robotics, or safety-critical systems

At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected base pay range is between $193,930,200 and $291,150/year for the level at which this job has been scoped. Your base pay will depend on several factors, including your experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.

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