Wayve

Principal Engineer, Data & Compute

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Sunnyvale, CA, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$370k - $418k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve architecture for allocating and orchestrating training and inference workloads across thousands of GPUs and multiple data centers.
  • Design petabyte-scale data federation systems providing reliable, high-throughput access to sensor and simulation data across geographies.
  • Build foundations for large-scale AI workloads to run across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
  • Advise leadership on cloud infrastructure investments and architecture aligned with company strategy, growth, and performance goals.
  • Provide technical leadership through architectural coaching, technical deep dives, mentorship, and promotion of operational and engineering excellence.

Requirements

  • 10+ years designing and building large-scale distributed systems, including at least 4 years focused on GPU-based cloud infrastructure.
  • Experience enabling large-scale AI training, inference, or computer vision workloads in GPU clusters.
  • Deep understanding of petabyte-scale data architecture, storage federation, high-throughput access, and data locality for AI workloads.
  • Strong technical leadership and experience defining and communicating architectural strategy across long-term and delivery priorities.
  • A track record of mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams.
  • An advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
  • Preferred experience with multi-cloud orchestration for latency- or cost-sensitive training and inference pipelines.
  • Familiarity with Ray, Kubernetes, Airflow, or Flyte, and strong knowledge of AI/ML job scheduling, model lifecycle management, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
  • Preferred background supporting safety-critical or real-time inference use cases such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, or aerospace.
  • Interest in building infrastructure-as-a-product for research and product teams.

Benefits

  • Full-time position based in Sunnyvale, California, with a hybrid policy combining office and workshop time with work from home.
  • Competitive equity package.
  • Inclusive interview experience with accommodations available upon request.

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowKubernetes

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1,001-5,000 employees
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