Principal Engineer, Model Development Platform

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Responsibilities

• ▹Design and evolve the platform's overall architecture for reliability, observability, and scalability
• ▹Unify the platform across disciplines, from front-end UIs to distributed training and Spark data pipelines
• ▹Dive into the hardest cross-team challenges, lead architectural reviews, and propose pragmatic solutions
• ▹Build experimentation and scheduling systems using linear programming and heuristic optimization
• ▹Architect pipelines that ingest, transform, and enrich petabytes of fleet sensor data
• ▹Partner with Product, Research, and Operations to align architecture with the platform's long-term roadmap

Requirements

• ▹10+ years designing and building large-scale distributed systems, ML/AI infrastructure, full-stack web applications, or developer platforms, including 3+ years at staff or principal level
• ▹Proven ability to design systems spanning web platforms, ML pipelines, and large-scale compute orchestration (e.g., Spark, Ray, Kubernetes, Airflow, MLflow)
• ▹Experience driving platform reliability improvements, defining SLAs/SLOs, and building self-healing, observable systems
• ▹Deep understanding of distributed computing, workflow orchestration, data modeling, and API design, with production-quality coding ability
• ▹Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, guiding engineers, managers, and researchers toward unified direction
• ▹Demonstrated success mentoring engineers and cultivating a culture of engineering excellence

Nice to have

• ▹Experience applying algorithmic or mathematical optimization (linear programming, graph algorithms) to operational problems
• ▹Familiarity with end-to-end ML Ops and experimentation systems
• ▹Prior exposure to autonomous systems, robotics, or other safety-critical domains
• ▹Experience with modern web frameworks (React, Flask, FastAPI)
• ▹Understanding of data privacy, compliance, and secure handling of large-scale sensor data

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Salary range: $295,500-$335,300 per year, plus a competitive equity package
• ▹Hybrid work based in Sunnyvale, CA

About the company

Wayve is a leader in end-to-end AI for autonomous mobility.