Data Engineer

Department: Engineering

Location: Somerville, Massachusetts, San Francisco, California

Compensation: $125K – $195K • Offers Equity

Employment Type: FullTime

ABOUT CYVL

The best infrastructure is invisible. You only notice it when it fails. For decades, the people responsible for our roads, bridges and sidewalks have been asked to manage the physical world with tools that cant see it.

Cyvl is the Physical AI company changing that. We build purpose-built sensors, computer vision and AI that turn every drive into current data: what exists, where it is and what condition its in. 500+ cities and towns use our Infrastructure Intelligence Platform to direct the work and fix problems before they fail. 1 in 30 Americans drive on roads managed with Cyvl data.

The proof isnt a dashboard. Its a smoother commute, a safer walk to school and public dollars going where they matter most. Were a fast-moving team in Boston building hardware, software and AI for the real world. If you believe technologys highest calling is public good, come build with us.

THE ROLE

Every Cyvl drive captures LiDAR, imagery, and GPS data that has to become something a city engineer can trust. As a Data Engineer, youll build and scale the pipelines and data platform behind our Infrastructure Intelligence Platform, taking raw sensor data through processing, AI inference, and QA to client-ready geospatial deliverables. Your work sets how fast we deliver, what it costs, and how much customers trust the numbers. This role is based in Somerville, MA, or remote from San Francisco, CA.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Design, build, and operate pipelines that move sensor data from ingest to client-ready geospatial outputs.

• Build and maintain our data platform so product, AI, and analytics teams can find and use data fast.

• Build automated data quality checks and monitoring that catch problems before customers do.

• Partner with Data Operations and GIS teams to automate manual workflows and increase throughput.

• Improve the cost and performance of processing at scale on AWS.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 3+ years building production data pipelines or data platforms

• Strong Python and SQL

• Experience with cloud data infrastructure (AWS preferred) and workflow orchestration (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or similar)

• Experience making large, messy datasets reliable

• Comfort owning systems end to end, from design through on-call

NICE TO HAVE

• Geospatial data experience (PostGIS, GDAL, GeoParquet, H3 or other spatial indexing)

• Sensor data: LiDAR point clouds, imagery, GPS/IMU

• Lakehouse formats and engines (Iceberg, Delta, DuckDB, Spark)

• Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform

• Supporting ML training and inference pipelines

WHY CYVL

Hard tech. Real streets. Your name on it.

• Hard problems in the real world. You build end-to-end: our own hardware, software and AI, with work that shows up on the street in the real world.

• Ownership that compounds. You own outcomes, not tasks. You work directly with customers and across our team, and youll own more, sooner, than almost anywhere else.

• Intense, with heart. Were building a category, so its not a place to coast. We also take care of each other, have genuine fun together, and believe in what we are doing.

WHAT WE ASK

• Cross lanes. Not my job doesnt exist here.

• Own without a playbook. The plan is still being written, often by you.

• Try, miss, try again. We make big bets. Some wont land, and we learn fast.

• Be in the room. Were on-site in Somerville about 90% of the time. If youre based in San Francisco, this role is remote, and youll be with the team in Somerville for the moments that matter like onboarding, kick-offs, and milestones.

Were a startup building a category. If that sounds like the draw, not the risk, wed love to talk.

BENEFITS

• Equity. Youll own a piece of what youre building.

• Health, dental, and vision. Cyvl covers most of the premium for you and your family.

• 401k with a real match, vested day one. Your money is yours from the start.

• Generous PTO & Paid Parental leave. Doing hard work well includes stepping away from it.

• Learning stipend. Spend it on whatever makes you sharper.

• Paid to live close. A monthly bonus for living near our Boston office.

• Team events. Time together in Boston with a team you’ll love working with.

OUR VALUES

• Real: Authentic and transparent. Focused on solving real problems with simple, effective solutions.

• All Out: Bold, driven, and committed to delivering results that matter.

• Accelerating: Always learning, growing, and moving with intention.

• Reliable: We follow through and deliver at a consistently high bar.

• Empowering: We lift each other up and help governments build infrastructure they can be proud of.

SEE OUR WORK

• How Atlanta cut downtown potholes by 60%

• How Buffalo turned a campaign promise into a paving plan

• How to rebuild US infrastructure smarter

We build for every community, so we hire from all of them. The best people for this work come from different backgrounds, paths, and places, and many of them dont check every box. If this role excites you, apply anyway. If you need an adjustment to our interview process, tell us and well make it work.