Senior / Staff Infrastructure Engineer (On-premise)
Waabi
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Qualifications
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience with on-premise servers, network equipment, and storage systems.
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Deep understanding of computer and network hardware and how detailed selection impacts performance and reliability.
- Experience with on-premise servers, network equipment, and storage systems.
- Experience with Linux and Linux kernel (packaging, performance tuning, low-level debugging, hardening).
- Experience with configuration management (Ansible preferred) and system administration.
- Familiarity with security concepts, access management, and data security.
- Experience with containers and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with high-performance network design and debugging.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release management.
- Experience with Python and Bash.
- Open-minded and collaborative team player who is willing to help others.
- Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment; ability to travel occasionally to the United States.
Responsibilities
- Enable safe self-driving at scale.
- Collaborate on vehicle compute and network designs.
- Implement and maintain high-volume data pipelines.
- Assist with vehicle compute and network performance tuning and diagnostics as needed.
- Implement and maintain high-volume data pipelines.
- Design, build, and deploy tools, systems, and infrastructure to support vehicle development across multiple projects.
- Design and implement high-performance physical networks and computing systems.
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Job description
We are looking for a Senior / Staff Infrastructure Engineer to join Waabi, an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology. Waabi is expanding rapidly across Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, seeking diverse, innovative, and collaborative talent who wants to impact the world positively.
Waabi, founded by AI pioneer Raquel Urtasun, is an AI-driven organization focused on creating commercialisable self‑driving systems. The company is backed by top‑tier investors from the technology, logistics, and Canadian innovation ecosystems.
- Work alongside a multidisciplinary team of Engineers and Research Scientists to enable safe self‑driving at scale.
- Collaborate with the hardware team on vehicle compute and network designs and implementation.
- Work with software and hardware teams on OS and software delivery into vehicles.
- Assist with vehicle compute and network performance tuning and diagnostics as needed.
- Implement and maintain high‑volume data pipelines.
- Design, build, and deploy tools, systems, and infrastructure to support vehicle development across multiple projects.
- Design and implement high‑performance physical networks and computing systems.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Deep understanding of computer and network hardware and how detailed selection impacts performance and reliability.
- Experience with on‑premise servers, network equipment, and storage systems.
- Experience with Linux and Linux kernel (packaging, performance tuning, low‑level debugging, hardening).
- Experience with configuration management (Ansible preferred) and system administration.
- Familiarity with security concepts, access management, and data security.
- Experience with containers and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with high‑performance network design and debugging.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release management.
- Experience with Python and Bash.
- Open‑minded and collaborative team player who is willing to help others.
- Passionate about self‑driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment; ability to travel occasionally to the United States.
- Experience with rugged wireless technologies (e.g., LTE/5G modems).
- Experience with scale‑out storage systems.
- Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code systems (Terraform preferred).
- Experience automating OS image builds for deployment onto physical computers.
- Familiarity with self‑driving vehicle sensors and hardware.
- Some experience in reading and developing production‑quality software.
- Familiarity with Go, Rust, or C++ ecosystems.
- Experience building platform services that enable other teams to do their best work.
- Experience with common ML tools, workflows, and frameworks (e.g., Kubeflow, MLflow).
- Competitive compensation and equity awards.
- Health and wellness benefits including 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 onsite, off‑site, and virtually.
- Perks continue to evolve as the company grows.
Waabi is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible workplace for all 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.
Mid‑Senior level
Full‑time
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