Hybrid Triage Automation Engineer – AI Pipelines

Wayve; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Equity package

Job summary

Wayve is seeking a Triage Automation Engineer in Sunnyvale to scale automation across Triage and Detective workflows. You will automate repetitive analyses, build triage bots, and integrate scripts into scalable, productised workflows, partnering with ML/AI teams to improve tooling and reduce manual load.

In this role you’ll collaborate with Triage Specialists and Detective Engineers to deliver robust automation, measure triage quality, and help shape the automation roadmap.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with complex systems in robotics or autonomous vehicles.
• Strong scripting and analytical skills (Python, SQL, Bash/Shell).
• Hands-on experience in a remote Linux environment.
• Experience building or maintaining data pipelines or notebooks (Databricks, Jupyter).
• Great communication skills to explain complex technical problems to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Expertise using issue tracking and configuration management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/GitLab.
• Comfort with ambiguity—able to measure workflows, identify value, and scope a solution.

Responsibilities

• Document and measure existing Triage and Detective workflows to identify automation opportunities.
• Prioritise improvements based on cost, benefit, impact, and feasibility.
• Partner with Detective Engineers to integrate scripts and tools into scalable workflows.
• Work with development, ML, and AI teams to deliver tooling improvements.
• Build automation pipelines including triage bots and behavioural classifiers.
• Validate automation changes and outputs for accuracy and reliability of classifications and root causes.
• Document implemented automations: what they do, how they work, usage, limitations, outputs.
• Measure and report triage quality and throughput to track automation impact.
• Collaborate with senior management and stakeholders to shape automation roadmaps.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (including trips to London).

Skills

Python

SQL

Bash/Shell

Remote Linux

Data pipelines

Jira

Confluence

GitLab

Tools

Databricks

Jupyter

Bitbucket

Job description

Wayve is seeking a Triage Automation Engineer in Sunnyvale to scale automation across Triage and Detective workflows. You will automate repetitive analyses, build triage bots, and integrate scripts into scalable, productised workflows, partnering with ML/AI teams to improve tooling and reduce manual load.

In this role you’ll collaborate with Triage Specialists and Detective Engineers to deliver robust automation, measure triage quality, and help shape the automation roadmap.