over 1 year ago
Remote, Americas +2 moreSenior / Staff+
Base Salary
$159k - $268k/yr
Responsibilities
- Improve Waabi World to accelerate autonomous vehicle development.
- Improve the scalability and performance of the simulation platform for extremely large-scale simulation runs.
- Design and implement orchestration software connecting autonomy systems, actor models, and sensor simulation.
- Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and internal users to define requirements and improve simulator workflows.
- Advocate for software development patterns and drive complex cross-functional technical projects.
- Design systems involving interfaces, multithreading, concurrency, determinism, optimization, and profiling.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a similar technical field.
- At least 5 years of industry experience when holding a bachelor’s degree.
- Experience with backend technologies and languages including Rust, C++, and Python, with Rust preferred.
- Experience developing and maintaining production-quality software rather than only prototypes or proofs of concept.
- Experience with Linux/Unix, systems-level programming, algorithms, data structures, concurrency, determinism, performance optimization, and profiling.
- Experience designing interfaces between systems and working with cross-functional stakeholders to build software frameworks.
- Preferred experience includes game engine or simulation development, autonomous systems, robotics, machine learning, distributed systems, emulation at scale, Docker, Bazel, accelerators, and sensor data processing.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity awards.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees.
- Unlimited vacation.
- Flexible hours and work-from-home support.
- Daily drinks, snacks, and catered meals when in the office.
- Regular on-site, off-site, and virtual team-building activities and social events.
- The role is associated with US locations and offers a stated yearly base salary range.
About Waabi
Waabi builds AI-driven self-driving technology for long‑haul freight, centered on the Waabi Driver autonomous trucking system and the Waabi World simulator. The company partners with carriers and vehicle makers to commercialize autonomous trucks and explores robotaxi applications. Founded in 2021 by Raquel Urtasun, Waabi is privately held, headquartered in Toronto, with offices in San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh.