Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Onboard Experience

Wayve; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading developer of AI technology in London seeks a Senior Fullstack Software Engineer to enhance how users interact with autonomous vehicles. This role involves designing and implementing systems across the stack, developing frontend and backend features, and ensuring reliability in real-world operations. Candidates should have strong skills in Rust or C++, system ownership, and a user-centric mindset. The position offers a hybrid working policy to balance office collaboration with remote work.

Qualifications

• Comfortable working in Linux environments.
• Ability to design and maintain systems end-to-end.
• Ability to deliver high-quality solutions under evolving requirements.
• Skilled at communicating technical concepts clearly.
• Focus on building user-impactful products.
• Familiarity with embedded systems or in-vehicle compute environments.
• Experience designing strongly typed schemas, e.g., gRPC, protobuf.
• Deep understanding of data-intensive UI design.
• Enthusiastic about robotics and mobility innovation.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver fullstack systems for the onboard experience.
• Build user interfaces in React/TypeScript and backend services in Rust.
• Establish metrics, logging, and testing practices.
• Collaborate with engineers and designers to translate user needs into technical solutions.
• Uphold high standards for code quality and documentation.

Skills

Backend Development

System ownership

Problem-solving

Collaboration

User-centric mindset

Experience with real-time or robotic systems

Typed API development

Frontend performance expertise

Automotive or AI interest

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Rust

C++

React

TypeScript

TypeScript

Job description

Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Onboard Experience

London

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.

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

As a Fullstack Software Engineer on the Onboard Experience team, you’ll help shape how people interact with our autonomous vehicles - from the software that our vehicle operators use daily to the experiences that demo guests encounter firsthand. You’ll be responsible for end-to-end systems that bridge the gap between vehicle hardware, backend services, and intuitive user interfaces.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll own systems across the stack, contribute to design and implementation decisions, and deliver reliable and scalable software that powers real-world autonomous driving operations. You’ll work closely with vehicle operators, backend and frontend engineers, and cross-functional partners to continuously evolve our in-vehicle software.

Key responsibilities:

• Own system design and delivery: Design, implement, and maintain critical fullstack systems for the onboard experience, making sound trade-offs between performance, maintainability, and speed of delivery.
• Develop robust frontend and backend features: Build user interfaces in React/TypeScript and backend services in Rust that enhance usability, and operational insight.
• Ensure reliability and observability: Establish metrics, logging, and testing practices that ensure your systems meet performance and reliability targets.
• Collaborate across disciplines: Work with engineers and designers to translate user and operational needs into elegant technical solutions.
• Contribute to technical excellence: Uphold high standards for code quality, architecture, and documentation, and contribute to improving engineering practices within the team.

About you

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

• Backend Development: Comfortable working in Linux environments, proficient in Rust or C++.
• System ownership: Comfortable designing and maintaining systems end-to-end, including architecture, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
• Problem-solving: Ability to deliver pragmatic, high-quality solutions under evolving requirements, balancing short-term needs and long-term sustainability.
• Collaboration: Skilled at working closely with cross-functional partners and communicating technical concepts clearly and effectively.
• User-centric mindset: A focus on building products that deliver real impact for users in real-world environments.
• Experience with real-time or robotic systems: Familiarity with embedded systems, or in-vehicle compute environments.
• Typed API development: Experience designing or evolving strongly typed schemas (e.g., gRPC, protobuf).
• Frontend performance expertise: Deep understanding of data-intensive UI design and optimization.
• Automotive or AI interest: Enthusiasm for robotics, autonomous systems, or mobility innovation.
• Educational background: A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

This is a full-time role based in our office 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.

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.

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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