Senior Software Engineer, Wayve

Model Development Platform

Salary not provided

React

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

2-5 days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)

Autonomous mobility driven by AI

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Autonomous mobility driven by AI

201-500 employees

B2CB2BArtificial IntelligenceCarsTransportBig dataDeep TechRoboticsFlexible workingComputer VisionMachine LearningSaaSCloud Computing

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

React

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

2-5 days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)

201-500 employees

B2CB2BArtificial IntelligenceCarsTransportBig dataDeep TechRoboticsFlexible workingComputer VisionMachine LearningSaaSCloud Computing

Company mission

To reimagine autonomous mobility through embodied intelligence.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Good development skills in JavaScript, with knowledge in TypeScript
Experience with React (or similar front-end frameworks)
Experience with Python
Previous experience building fullstack applications (backend + frontend)
Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and software testing methodologies
Passionate about writing clean, robust and maintainable code

Desirable

Prior experience working in AI/ML or robotics domains
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes)

What the job involves

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our cross-functional team focused on building and evolving internal tooling and platforms that enable and streamline AI workflows
In this role, you will collaborate closely with model developers, robotics engineers, and operations teams to design and deliver robust solutions that drive efficiency and innovation across the organization
As a senior developer on this team, you will own and continuously enhance our frontend platform, develop reusable microfrontend components, and create tooling to ingest, test, and validate AI models
Your work will directly impact the productivity of multiple teams by providing seamless, scalable, and user-friendly interfaces and backend integrations
Architect, develop, and maintain the internal frontend platform to support AI workflow applications
Develop and maintain tooling for AI model ingestion, testing, and validation to ensure quality and reliability
Drive continuous improvement in code quality, system scalability, and performance
Work effectively within a cross-functional environment to align technical decisions with business needs

Our take

Wayve is developing artificial intelligence (AI) that teaches cars to drive autonomously using reinforcement learning, simulation, and computer vision. Wayve’s core premise is that the big breakthrough in self-driving cars will come from better AI brains rather than more sensors or “hand-coded” rules which it believes are highly restrictive and not at all scalable.

The company said that it trains its autonomous driving system using simulated environments and then transfers that knowledge into the real world, where it emulates how humans adapt to conditions in real time. It ultimately relies on end-to-end deep learning AI rather than hard-engineered AI. This is one of the world's hardest problems to solve, but Wayve has made an exciting start and is taking a very different approach to competitors like Uber and Waymo, who are relying more on sensors.

Following a few years of innovative breakthroughs, Wayve now has backing from high-profile investors such as Microsoft and angels, including Uber's chief scientist Zoubin Ghahramani and Pieter Abbeel, a UC Berkeley robotics professor and pioneer of deep reinforcement learning. The company's strategic partnerships with outfits like Asda and Ocado to test-run autonomous deliveries, as well as publicity through the Minister is a show of confidence in the future of Wayve's solution to autonomous driving.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

28% female employees

24% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

May 2024

$1.1bn

SERIES C

Jan 2022

$200m

SERIES B

Total funding: $1.3bn

Company benefits

Learning budget
In-house chef
Flexible Working
Private health insurance and therapy
Workplace nursery scheme
Onsite bar
Large social budgets
Enhanced parental leave

Company HQ

London, UK

Leadership

Alex Kendall

(CEO)

Has a PhD from Cambridge in Computer Vision & Robotics. Previously Research Engineer at Skydio and Advisor to Scape Technologies

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