Senior Software Engineer, Cloud, Simulation

Wayve
London, GB
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior software engineers proficient in Python and Kubernetes, working in cloud-based simulation for autonomous vehicles.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers with expertise in workflow orchestration and data-intensive applications.
    — “Experience with workflow orchestration systems (e.g. Airflow, Dagster, Flyte, etc.) and/or developing data intensive applications
  • Candidates comfortable leading technical discussions and setting direction in simulation technology.
    — “Lead technical discussions and guide technical direction
  • Developers with a strong sense of systems and data-oriented software engineering.
    — “Good sense of systems and data oriented software engineering design

Things to consider

  • Hybrid work arrangement requires time in the London office.
    — “This is a full-time role based in our office in London
  • Role involves cross-company collaboration on technical dependencies.
    — “Work cross-company on aligning technical dependencies for simulator implementation

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific examples of scaling simulations or data-intensive workloads.
    — “Experience scaling simulations or data intensive workloads
  • Demonstrate proficiency in modern machine-learned graphics techniques.
    — “Experience with design, implementation, and optimization of large-scale machine learning inference systems
  • Showcase your ability to integrate machine-learned subsystems into platforms.
    — “Effectively integrate machine-learned graphics subsystems into the simulation platform
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • Shaping and implementing technical roadmap
  • Leading technical discussions
  • Integrating components into simulation platform
  • Implementing production quality software
Typical background
5+ years of industry experienceExperience with workflow orchestration systemsExcellent development skills in Python

Skills & requirements

Required

PythonKubernetesWorkflow Orchestration SystemsData Intensive ApplicationsSoftware Performance Issues

Preferred

Autonomous VehiclesRoboticsGoC++Simulation Scaling

Stack & domain

PythonKubernetesAirflowDagsterFlyteMachine LearningCommunicationLeadershipCloudSimulationAutonomous Driving

About the role

Original posting from Wayve

About us   

Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology.  Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.

Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward.  Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving. 

In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future.

At Wayve, your contributions matter.  We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact.  

Make Wayve the experience that defines your career!  

The role

As a software engineer for Wayve’s Simulation Technology team, you will be an expert software engineer who evolves a core component of Wayve’s simulation platform, which is used to develop and evaluate Wayve’s driving intelligence. 

Wayve’s approach to autonomous driving presents unique challenges for simulation. Our end to end driving stack requires a simulator that is both highly realistic and highly descriptive. Our approach to simulation brings together a combination of classical simulation techniques with cutting edge developments in machine learning to represent the real world in high fidelity at scale.

You will be responsible for shaping and implementing the technical roadmap in one of three key areas: robot emulator fidelity, visual fidelity, or efficient scaling. You will be working closely with our robotics, research, platform and data teams, as well as the rest of the Simulation Technology team to ensure that our simulation platform meets the needs of our end-users by providing accurate, scalable, and high-signal simulations.

Challenges you will own

Own key performance indicators (KPIs) for simulator cost, SLOs, throughput, latency, etc.

Work cross-company on aligning technical dependencies for simulator implementation

Lead technical discussions and guide technical direction 

Effectively integrate the components of the simulated robot into the simulation platform

Effectively integrate machine-learned graphics subsystems into the simulation platform

Implement production quality software in Python

About you

Essential 

Experience with workflow orchestration systems (e.g. Airflow, Dagster, Flyte, etc.) and/or developing data intensive applications

Excellent development skills in Python

Deep knowledge of Kubernetes at the user level

Good sense of systems and data oriented software engineering design - what makes code reusable and extensible

Understanding of common software performance issues and design tradeoffs

5+ years of industry experience designing and programming software

Excellent communication and people engagement skills

Desirable 

Experience in the field of autonomous vehicles or robotics

Proficiency with other programming languages like go or  C++

Experience scaling simulations or data intensive workloads

Experience with design, implementation, and optimization of large-scale machine learning inference systems running in cloud GPU environments

Experience operating and scaling modern machine learned graphics techniques (NeRF, Gaussian Splatting, or GenAI)

This is a full-time role based in our office in London.  At Wayve we want the best of all worlds so we operate a hybrid working policy that combines time together in our offices and workshops to fuel innovation, culture, relationships and learning, and time spent working from home. We operate core working hours so you can determine the schedule that works best for you and your team. 

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Wayve is committed to creating an inclusive interview experience. If you require any accommodations or adjustments to participate fully in our interview process, please let us know.

We understand that everyone has a unique set of skills and experiences and that not everyone will meet all of the requirements listed above. If you’re passionate about self-driving cars and think you have what it takes to make a positive impact on the world, we encourage you to apply.

At Wayve we're committed to creating a diverse, fair and respectful culture that is inclusive of everyone based on their unique skills and perspectives, and regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition  (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law.  

For more information visit Careers at Wayve. 

To learn more about what drives us, visit Values at Wayve 

DISCLAIMER: We will not ask about marriage or pregnancy, care responsibilities or disabilities in any of our job adverts or interviews. However, we do look to capture information about care responsibilities, and disabilities among other diversity information as part of an optional DEI Monitoring form to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring process and ensure that the process is inclusive and non-discriminatory.

 

 

Source: Wayve careers

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