Wayve

Staff ML Performance Engineer (Training Efficiency)

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2 months ago
Sunnyvale, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$336k - $359k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Profile large-scale ML workloads to identify performance bottlenecks using tools such as NVIDIA Nsight Systems.
  • Design and implement efficiency improvements involving parallelism, model compilation, and mixed precision to maximize MFU and throughput.
  • Build observability tools to track MFU, throughput, latency, and other performance indicators.
  • Develop benchmarking tools to measure efficiency improvements and regressions.
  • Collaborate with research teams to integrate training-efficiency improvements and promote performance optimization practices.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of industry experience driving performance engineering across ML systems, GPU compute infrastructure, distributed platforms, or a similar field.
  • Experience optimizing large-scale jobs on GPU compute clusters.
  • Experience working with platform teams and research teams.
  • Experience writing, reporting, and tracking performance benchmarks in an open and accessible way.
  • Ability to write high-quality, well-structured, and tested Python code.
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in machine learning, computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
  • Desirable experience with concurrent, parallel, and distributed computing.
  • Desirable experience using NVIDIA Nsight Systems or other system profilers.
  • Desirable experience implementing GPU kernels with CUDA, Triton, or similar technologies.
  • Knowledge of computing fundamentals related to code performance, security, and reliability.

Benefits

  • Full-time employment based in Sunnyvale, California, with a hybrid work arrangement.
  • Competitive equity package.
  • Inclusive interview experience with accommodations or adjustments available upon request.

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About Wayve

501-1,000 employees

Wayve builds end-to-end autonomous driving software—the vehicle-agnostic Wayve AI Driver—that runs on onboard compute and native sensors, licensed to automakers and fleet operators. Its platform spans ADAS and higher autonomy (L2+/L3 to robotaxi) and is designed to generalize across vehicle types and geographies. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, it tests its models across Europe, North America, and Japan, with a U.S. base in Sunnyvale, CA.

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