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Senior Software Engineer - Runtime Platform, Robot Software

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Senior level
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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Senior level
Develop and optimize high-performance embedded Linux software for autonomous vehicle systems. Investigate latency and performance bottlenecks, instrument code with profiling tools and metrics, evaluate performance technologies, establish benchmarks, and optimize critical code paths. Collaborate across engineering teams to diagnose issues, prioritize improvements, and enhance runtime efficiency and reliability across Wayve’s development fleet.
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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 

The Robot Software team is responsible for the software that runs on our internal fleet of vehicles to enable autonomous driving and collect data for training new driving models. You will join a motivated and talented team of engineers to deliver a reliable, stable and flexible software stack to support on-road experimentation by our model developers and scientists. Your work will enable these teams to iterate quickly and gather the data they need to improve our autonomous driving capabilities and support new product features, which is critical to the success of Wayve’s mission.

The Runtime Platform team equips all Wayve teams with the observability, profiling tools, and infrastructure needed to understand and optimise software performance across our development fleet. We work closely with teams to investigate issues, reduce bottlenecks, and promote best practices. Our work enhances core onboard components to ensure efficient use of compute and a solid foundation for running model experiments at scale. We also provide the tooling and infrastructure needed to quickly detect, diagnose, and address performance regressions, helping teams move faster with greater confidence.

Key responsibilities:
  • Investigate latency and performance bottlenecks across the entire software stack
  • Instrument code with profiling tools and metrics to collect performance data and identify optimization opportunities
  • Integrate and evaluate new profiling and instrumentation tools to benchmark system performance and establish baselines
  • Collaborate with multiple teams to understand their performance pain points and prioritize optimization efforts based on impact
  • Optimize critical code paths and algorithms to improve runtime efficiency, reduce latency, and enhance overall system performance
About you  

In order to set you up for success as a Software Engineer at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience.  

Essential 
  • Software Development Skills: Proficiency developing high-performance embedded Linux systems software in C++.  Demonstrated ability to manage the complete software development lifecycle from ideation through delivery & optimization
  • Proficiency with performance profiling tools and techniques for identifying and resolving system bottlenecks
  • Proven track record of methodical experiment evaluation
  • Strong technical background on OS scheduling, computer architecture (memory hierarchy, CPU caches, context switches, …), and thread synchronisation
Desirable 
  • Familiarity with Nvidia performance tools such as NV NSight, NV Lumos and tegrastat
  • Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana (logs, metrics, traces), Databricks, Datadog
  • Familiarity with QNX and Momentics is a plus

This is a full-time role based 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.

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 

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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.



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