Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Simulation Platform

Waabi, founded by AI pioneer and visionary Raquel Urtasun, is an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology. With a world class team and an innovative approach that unleashes the power of AI to “drive” safely in the real world, Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before. Waabi is backed by best-in-class investors across the technology, logistics and the Canadian innovation ecosystem.

With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, and Dallas, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai

Simulation is at the core of Waabi’s approach to autonomous vehicle development. Our closed-loop simulation engine built with the latest in generative AI technologies, Waabi World, provides an extremely realistic environment for training and evaluating self-driving systems. The Simulation Platform team is responsible for delivering a modular and scalable platform which integrates the onboard autonomy system, intelligent actor models, and sensor simulation.

You will...

- Contribute to and improve our state of the art self-driving simulator Waabi World to accelerate autonomous vehicle (AV) development. 

- Improve the scalability and performance of the simulation platform to run simulations efficiently at an extremely large scale. 

- Design and implement orchestration software between simulation subcomponents including the autonomy system, data-driven actor models, and sensor simulation powered by generative AI. 

- Participate and share ideas in technical and architecture discussions, collaborating with researchers and engineers.

- Work closely with internal users to understand their requirements and workflows and propose new features to streamline and improve their experience using the simulator.

- Advocate and set patterns for software development.

- Drive complex cross-functional technical projects with impact across Waabi’s systems and company-wide impact.

Qualifications:

- MS/PhD or Bachelors degree with a minimum of 4 years of industry experience in Computer Science, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study.

- Experience with a variety of backend technologies and languages. Examples: Python, C++, Rust.

- Experience developing and maintaining production quality software, versus only creating prototypes/proof of concepts.

- Understanding of test-driven and API-driven development methodologies.

- Experience designing interfaces between systems.

- Experience with multi-threaded system design/architecture, algorithms, data structure design, and systems-level programming.

- Experience working with cross-functional partners/stakeholders when building software frameworks.

- Experience with software performance, optimization, and profiling.

- Experience with concurrency and determinism.

- Open-minded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others.

- Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.

Bonus/nice to have:

- Experience with game engine development, simulation, or other similar application runtime development. 

- Experience in autonomous systems, robotics or machine learning.

- Experience working in distributed systems or emulation at scale.

- Experience building software systems from scratch.

- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.

- Experience working with accelerators.

- Experience with sensor data processing.

The US yearly salary range for this role is: $184,000 - $272,000 USD in addition to competitive perks & benefits. Waabi (US) Inc.’s yearly salary ranges are determined based on several factors in accordance with the Company’s compensation practices. The salary base range is reflective of the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Note: The Company provides additional compensation for employees in this role, including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus.

Perks/Benefits:

Waabi provides a competitive benefits package that includes:

- Competitive compensation and equity awards.

- Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage.

- Unlimited Vacation.

- Flexible hours and Work from Home support.

- Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).

- Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.

- World-class facility that includes a gym, games room (ping pong table, video game consoles, board games,etc), multiple collaborative working spaces and a gorgeous patio!(when in office).

- As we grow, this list continues to evolve! 

Waabi is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible environment for all employees. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.