Staff Software Engineer

🕒 April 24

🏢🏡 San Francisco – Hybrid

💵 $230.5k - $299.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Hayden AI

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51 - 200 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🚗 Transport

🔐 Security

Artificial Intelligence • Transport • Security

Hayden AI is a company that specializes in revolutionizing problem-solving through its AI-powered mobile perception platform. The company goes beyond automated traffic enforcement, offering solutions that enhance the safety and performance of transit buses by enforcing bus lanes and bus stops automatically. Hayden AI is recognized as the largest provider of mobile automated bus lane and bus stop enforcement systems in the United States. Their technology is designed with a privacy-first approach, utilizing edge processing and encryption to protect data. The company leverages a rich collection of vision-based data combined with advanced machine learning to provide valuable insights for cities and businesses. Hayden AI has been acknowledged for its contribution to green technology and continues to innovate with disruptive, AI-based solutions.

📋 Description

• Spearhead the architectural design, implementation, and long-term ownership of next-generation perception systems, ensuring seamless transition from research prototypes to robust, scalable production solutions. • Champion best practices in software development, delivering high-performance, meticulously tested, and maintainable C++ code optimized for heterogeneous edge and robotics computing platforms. • Architect and optimize high-throughput, real-time perception pipelines, setting the technical direction for advanced techniques in object detection, tracking, and sophisticated sensor fusion • Drive the strategic selection, adaptation, and integration of state-of-the-art Machine Learning (ML) and Computer Vision (CV) models, including the development of novel, proprietary models tailored to complex, large-scale Hayden-specific problems. • Provide technical leadership in highly ambiguous and complex problem domains, defining the technical roadmap and consistently striking the optimal balance between rapid iteration for R&D and the rigorous requirements for productization and scale. • Act as a key technical liaison, collaborating strategically with Product leadership and setting technical standards across cross-functional Engineering organizations. • Define and significantly contribute to foundational shared infrastructure, tooling, and architectural patterns, scaling pilot initiatives into core, mission-critical product capabilities.

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field. • 10+ years of relevant experience in building and deploying perception systems; experience in automotive or robotics domains is a plus. • Deep expertise in one or more of: robotics, state estimation, computer vision, or applied machine learning. • Extensive experience leading large, complex, production-grade systems end-to-end. • Expert-level proficiency in modern C++, including experience with real-time and/or embedded systems. • Proven track record of technical leadership and architectural ownership across multiple projects or teams. • Experience scaling systems from prototype to production in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. • Strong ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across teams. • Demonstrated mentorship and ability to raise the bar for engineering quality across an organization.

🏖️ Benefits

• Options for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents (for US employees) • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA) • 401(k) with 3% company matching • Unlimited PTO • Daily catered lunches in our San Francisco office