Principal Software Engineer - (Platform & Applications - CloudApps)

As the Principal Engineer for Cloud Applications in Singapore, you will define the technical roadmap for the platforms that manage and update our autonomous fleet: Command Center and OTA Updates. Moving beyond a Staff-level focus on specific features, you will architect the entire Fleet Management ecosystem to support a 100x scale in global commercial operations. You will bridge the gap between high-scale cloud portals and on-vehicle robotics systems, while establishing the industry standard for SDLC maturity across the group.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the design and scaling of the Command Center (React/Golang/Python) to support massive growth in fleet size and geographic complexity. You will ensure the platform remains responsive and reliable as it transitions to a high-frequency, commercial-ops portal.
• Own the architectural interface between cloud-based deployment services and on-vehicle hardware. You will oversee the development of C++ and Python services that manage mission-critical updates, ensuring safe, atomic, and verifiable deployments to robotics hardware.
• Elevate the team from high-velocity to high-reliability. You will design and implement organization-wide standards for automated testing, CI/CD safety, and release orchestration, ensuring that every deployment is a non-event.
• Architect the Commercial Ready versions of our fleet tools, ensuring they are decoupled from legacy R&D dependencies and ready for rapid deployment into new global markets and partner ecosystems (e.g., Uber).
• Act as a force multiplier across the Singapore office. You will provide technical mentorship to Staff and Senior engineers, bridging the gap between Cloud, Robotics, and Embedded teams to solve complex, cross-stack architectural challenges.

What we're looking for:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of leading major technical initiatives that impact multiple teams.
• Expert-level proficiency in Golang and Python for backend services, with a deep architectural understanding for large-scale, real-time operational portals.
• Strong technical depth in C++, with experience in hardware-software communication, IoT messaging protocols, or robotics update mechanisms.
• Proven ability to transform the engineering culture of a group, moving from manual or high-friction processes to a state of high automation, reliability, and test coverage.
• Experience in designing new software systems from the ground up using event-driven architecture (EDA) to ensure high scalability, decoupling, and real-time responsiveness.
• Expert at balancing immediate commercial requirements with the long-term technical health and hardening of mission-critical systems.
• Strong experience with major cloud providers (AWS/GCP/Azure) and a solid understanding of containerization and Infrastructure-as-Code principles.

Bonus points (not required):

• Prior experience in the Autonomous Vehicle, Robotics, or large-scale IoT/Fleet Management industries.
• Experience leading technical projects in a globally distributed team.
• Experience with OLAP databases (e.g. ClickHouse) or building observability tools for monitoring and tracing.
• Proven expertise in CI/CD orchestration, build systems (Bazel), frameworks

Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We’re driven by something more.

Our journey is always people first.

We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.

Higher purpose, greater impact.

We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it’s not only good for our business, it’s the right thing to do.

Scale up, not starting up.

Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We’re driven to scale; we’re moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.

Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

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