Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Simulation Platform

Waabi; Toronto; On-site; CAD 217,868 - 367,224; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity awards

Health and Wellness benefits

Unlimited Vacation

Flexible hours and Work from Home support

Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals

Team building activities and social events

Job summary

A leading autonomous technology firm, located in Toronto, seeks an experienced engineer to contribute to developing Waabi World, a premier simulator for autonomous vehicles. Candidates will enhance the simulation platform's performance, design orchestration software, and interact with internal users to improve their experience. The ideal candidate holds an advanced degree and possesses significant industry experience with backend technologies such as Rust or Python and must be passionate about self-driving solutions. This role offers competitive compensation and unique perks.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years industry experience in relevant technical fields.
• Experience developing production-quality software.
• Linux/Unix experience required.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to improving Waabi World for autonomous vehicle development.
• Enhance scalability and performance of the simulation platform.
• Design orchestration software for simulation components.

Skills

Backend technologies (Rust, C++, Python)

Software development

Multi-threaded system design

Test-driven development

Collaboration

Education

MS/PhD or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics

Tools

Docker

Bazel

Job description

Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we’re unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that’s powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.

With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, 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 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 that 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 5 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: Rust (Preferred), C++, Python.
• Experience developing and maintaining production‑quality software, versus only creating prototypes/proof of concepts.
• Linux/Unix experience.
• 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.
• Docker & Bazel experience.
• 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: $159,000 - $268,000 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:

• Competitive compensation and equity awards.
• Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full‑time employees only).
• 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.
• As we grow, this list continues to evolve!

Waabi is a technology start‑up building technologies to transform the way the world moves. Join our talented team to be a part of the future and to make an impact!

Waabi is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible workplace for all our employees. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, caregiver status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We make workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.