Senior Software Engineer, Data and Orchestration

Wayve; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

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Job summary

Wayve in London is seeking a data engineering professional to evolve the data pipeline platform and DAG-based orchestration for our fleet data. You will build tooling to streamline ingestion, processing, inference and evaluation while supporting high-volume, scalable workflows.

You will work across teams to ensure reliable, efficient pipelines, align with SLOs, and improve platform reliability. Experience with Airflow/Dagster/Flyte, Kubernetes and streaming architectures is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Strong Python programming with production-grade systems experience.
• Experience designing or operating DAG-based workflow orchestration.
• Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks and large data volumes.
• Experience deploying production workloads on Kubernetes and managing resources.
• Knowledge of streaming platforms and databases (Kafka, Postgres, ClickHouse).
• Collaborative mindset with platform users and partner teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve scalable data pipeline and orchestration infrastructure.
• Revamp Harness system and develop a DAG-based workflow platform.
• Build tooling and libraries for data ingestion, processing, inference and evaluation.
• Ensure hundreds of parallel pipeline steps run efficiently with correct outputs.
• Support batch inference and performance optimisation workflows.
• Improve platform reliability and incident response aligned to SLOs.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

Production-grade systems

Collaboration

Software engineering fundamentals

Tools

Airflow

Dagster

Flyte

Ray

Spark

Kubernetes

Apache Kafka

Postgres

ClickHouse

Job description

Before the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve.

We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that.

Here’s what this particular role covers.

About our Engineering Teams

The Data and Orchestration team in London builds the platforms behind Wayve's data engineering, orchestration and inference workflows. Our infrastructure lets partner teams ingest, process and transform high-volume data from external vendors, vehicle fleets and customer programmes, and we make sure those systems are reliable, efficient and easy to use.

Your day-to-day

You'll help evolve Wayve's data pipeline platform. That means revamping our existing Harness system and building a new DAG-based orchestration system for our fleet's next-generation data volumes. You'll work on infrastructure used across the company, supporting high-priority data runs, batch inference, evaluations and business-critical incident response, and you'll work closely with partner teams to understand what they need from their pipelines.

What you'll be working on

• Designing, building and evolving scalable data pipeline and orchestration infrastructure for Wayve's next-generation autonomous driving data platform
• Revamping the existing Harness system and developing a new DAG-based workflow platform
• Building tooling and libraries that make data ingestion, processing, inference and evaluation workflows simple, reliable and consistent across teams
• Making sure the platform runs hundreds of parallel pipeline steps efficiently, with correct outputs, no conflicts and effective resource prioritisation
• Supporting batch inference and performance optimisation workflows, so teams can run evaluations in a cost-effective and scalable way
• Improving platform reliability, quality and usability, including incident response workflows aligned to business-defined SLOs

You should apply if

• Essential

  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and solidPython programming skills, with experience designing, building and maintaining production-grade systems
  • Experience building or operating DAG-based workflow orchestration and data pipeline systems, using tools such asAirflow,Dagster orFlyte.
  • Experience with distributed computing frameworks such asRay orSpark
  • Experience working with systems at scale, ideally involving distributed systems, large data volumes or high-throughput processing
  • Experience deploying and operating production workloads onKubernetes, including troubleshooting issues and managing resources for reliable, scalable data-processing services.
  • Familiarity with distributed event streaming platforms such as ApacheKafka
  • Strong understanding of database principles and consistency models—including eventual and strong consistency in distributed systems, with practical familiarity with relational databases and data warehouses such asPostgres andClickHouse
  • Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with platform users and partner teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions

• Desirable

  • Experience with machine learning infrastructure, inference systems or ML performance optimisation
  • Exposure to large-scale batch processing, compute scheduling or resource prioritisation
  • Experience building shared libraries, developer tooling or internal platforms used across multiple teams

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
• HM Meeting + Domain interview
• Deep-dive technical interviews (programming, systems & domain-specific interview; 2 hours total)
• Final interview: mission & values alignment

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