Build workflows for large-scale enrichment, data curation, and hard/rare event mining in support of robust model performance and introspection.
Design and train out-of-distribution detection mechanisms to enable robust driverless operation.
Work at the intersection of model engineering, infrastructure, compute, and data, shaping the boundaries and architecture across those teams.
Use your judgement and expertise to improve the overall efficiency of the machine learning and operations stack.
🙌 You should apply if
Essential
Hands-on experience with ML systems deployed in the real world.
Proficiency in Python and PyTorch, with strong software engineering practices and hands-on experience building reliable machine learning training and evaluation systems.
A strong track record with ML operations and infrastructure, including experience with distributed computing environments and large-scale inference.
Senior-level ownership and collaboration: able to lead a substantial technical area, work across research and engineering boundaries, and bring others along through clear written and verbal communication.
Desirable
Prior experience in autonomous vehicles or robotics with hands-on deployment and closed-loop validation on physical systems.
Experience mining, generating, or evaluating rare events using simulation and fleet or heterogeneous real-world data.
Experience setting up cloud-based monitoring solutions for large-scale operations, including dashboards, logging, and real-time alerts.
Experience with transformer-based and multimodal architectures, including vision-language models (VLM), vision-language-action models (VLA), or equivalent.
Proficiency in C++, CUDA, distributed training, or performance optimization for production machine learning systems.
🌱 Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! If you’re passionate about autonomy and keen to learn, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement.
More about Wayve
🚀 Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving. We are pioneering an end to end AI approach that enables vehicles to learn directly from real world experience, developing the ability to adapt, generalise and improve at scale. Instead of relying on hand coded rules or pre mapped environments, our AI Driver learns to drive by understanding the world around it. The result is technology that navigates complex urban environments with intelligence, precision and natural flow, unlocking meaningful advances in both safety and efficiency. We believe autonomy represents a once in a generation transformation in how people and goods move, comparable to the shift from horses to cars, and from human driven vehicles to intelligent machines.
Our ambition is to make autonomy universal. Wayve’s mapless and hardware agnostic AI platform integrates with global OEM partners, enabling continuous software evolution and unlocking advanced levels of automation from L2 plus through to L4 as our core AI model scales. In a race increasingly defined by intelligence and real world learning, Wayve is taking a distinct approach, building a generalisable driving intelligence that can power any vehicle, anywhere. By combining embodied AI with scalable deployment, we are creating technology that can be shaped to each OEM brand and driver experience, accelerating the transition to a safer, more intelligent future of mobility.
How we work 💻- Locations & Flexible Working
Our main hubs are in London, Sunnyvale, Yokohama, Herzliya, Vancouver and Leonberg. We operate a hybrid working model that combines in-person collaboration in our dedicated office spaces with focused time working remotely. This gives our teams the connection and energy of working together, alongside the flexibility to do their best work in a way that fits their lives.
🔍 The Interview Process
Our process is clear and respectful of your time
Initial call / recruiter screen: 30 mins with Talent Partner.
Competency Interviews: Programming and System Design Interviews - 2h total.
Deep-dive technical interviews Domain ML Interviews - 2h total.
Final interview: Mission & Values Alignment - 1h.
We’ll always explain the format and work around your availability.
What’s in it for you (Location dependant)
- 💰 Salaries benchmarked against the market annually
- 📈 Meaningful equity, sharing in the ownership and long term success of Wayve
- ✈️ Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable
- ✅ Hybrid working, core hours and the chance to work hands on in vehicle workshops and labs
- 📚 Learning and development budgets with support for training, conferences and growth
- 🩺 Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, team socials and more
A quick, honest note before you apply.
Wayve is not a mature, fully-structured place with the playbook already written. Much of how we work is still being written, and if you join, you’ll help write it. That suits people who want real ownership more than people who need a settled structure from day one.
If that sounds like the kind of problem you want to spend your time on, we’d really like to hear from you.
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. https://wayve.ai/careers/ To learn more about what drives us, visit Values at Wayve https://wayve.ai/careers/
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.
