Site Reliability Engineer (Vehicle Software)

Wayve; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Mental health resources

Team socials

Competitive compensation

Learning budgets

Job summary

Wayve is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer in Sunnyvale to own the reliability stack for vehicle software. You will write production-quality code in Python, C++, or Rust and build tooling for observability, incident management, and automation.

You will collaborate with software, field, and operations teams to diagnose issues, improve performance, and shape the SRE approach for vehicle-centric systems as we scale with partners. On-site collaboration with field teams is expected.

Qualifications

• Produce production-quality code in Python, C++, or Rust.
• Experience building reliable, scalable systems for vehicle software.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve tooling, automation, observability, and incident-management processes for vehicle software reliability.
• Collaborate with engineers, field teams, and operations to diagnose reliability issues and improve system performance.
• Own hands-on debugging across Linux, logs, metrics, traces, and production data.
• Develop reliability improvements that reduce manual intervention and speed up detection and recovery.
• Support vehicle-centric operations including safety-operator tools and partner programs.

Skills

Python

C++

Rust

CI/CD

Containerization

Networking

Distributed systems

Observability

Incident management

Tools

DataDog

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Splunk

Humio

Job description

• As a Site Reliability Engineer at Wayve, you will work across the full reliability stack for our vehicle software: observability, incident management, operator tooling, and the automation that lets engineering and operations teams detect, triage, and resolve issues faster


• You will work closely with software engineers, field engineers, and operations, debugging real systems, improving real processes, and having direct impact on how our vehicles perform in production


• Wayve is scaling its autonomous vehicle programs with partners, and you will help shape the SRE approach for vehicle-centric systems as that happens


• This is not a role where reliability sits on top of the real work, it is central to it


• Build and improve tooling, automation, observability, and incident-management processes for vehicle software reliability


• Work closely with field engineers, software teams, and operations to diagnose reliability issues and improve system performance


• Own hands-on debugging across Linux, low-level systems, logs, metrics, traces, and vehicle and production data


• Develop reliability improvements that reduce manual intervention and make issue detection, triage, and recovery faster


• Support vehicle-centric operations, including safety-operator tools and the reliability needs of our customer and partner programs

Benefits

• Private healthcare: Choose our optional health insurance for comprehensive coverage for you and your family.


• Paid time off: Paid vacation plus public holidays and additional leave programs, ensuring you have time to unwind.


• Mental health resources: Through Spill, you can access therapy and mental health support.


• Community and socials: Join clubs or attend team socials to connect over hobbies, sports, or just for fun.


• Competitive compensation: Our compensation package includes cash and equity, making you a true partner in our success.


• Learning and development: Budgets for books, courses, and company-wide training to support your continuous growth.

Based in Sunnyvale and able to be onsite at least three days a week to work alongside the field teams you will supportYou will write production-quality code every day in Python, C++, or Rust. This is a software engineering role as much as a reliability role, and coding is central to the workExperience with CI/CD, containerization, networking, distributed systems, databases, and observability and incident-management tooling, including DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Splunk, or HumioThe communication skills to work effectively across engineering, operations, and field teams, and the judgment to know when to bring others inComfortable debugging at the Linux and systems level, reading logs, tracing failures, and finding root cause in complex environmentsExperience diagnosing complex production or operational systems, not just escalating, but seeing problems through to resolutionWe 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,Experience with autonomous vehicles, robotics, embedded systems, or safety-critical environments. We know this is rare, and it is not a barrier to applyingExperience with large-scale telemetry or high-volume data pipelinesFamiliarity with vehicle-centric or on-device software systems