Staff Systems Engineer - Operational Readiness and Field Safety

JobLarper; Phoenix, Pittsburgh (AZ, Allegheny County); On-site; USD 173,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Waabi, a leader in Autonomous Transport technology, is looking for a Staff Systems Engineer to own operational readiness and field safety. Based in the United States, the role emphasizes building reliability for production systems and safety-critical field operations.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to ensure fleet deployments are ready, define safety interfaces, and drive risk assessments. Experience with large-scale systems, DevOps practices, and incident response is valued.

Skills

Cloud

Python

REST/APIs

Go

Backend

Job description

Staff Systems Engineer - Operational Readiness and Field Safety

Waabi — Tracked from its lever job board

Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis.…

What the index says about this role

• First seen by JobLarper — Sep 4, 2026, 38 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
• No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 202 indexed DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $173k and $250k, median $205k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Waabi.
• What DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer roles ask for — across 1,497 indexed openings: Cloud (47%) , Python (39%) , REST/APIs (33%) , Go (29%) , Backend (24%) .
• Waabi is hiring actively — 60 open roles indexed, 11 first appeared in the last 30 days.

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JobLarper watched this role appear on Waabi's official board on Aug 27, 2026. Sign up free to get alerted minutes after roles like this go live, and tailor your real résumé to the exact description — nothing invented.

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