Waabi founded by AI pioneer and visionary Raquel Urtasun is an AI company building the next generation of selfdriving technology. With a world class team and an innovative approach that unleashes the power of AI to drive safely in the real world Waabi is bringing the promise of selfdriving closer to commercialization than ever before. Waabi is backed by bestinclass investors across the technology logistics and the Canadian innovation ecosystem.
With offices in Toronto San Francisco and Dallas Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai
Simulation is at the core of Waabis approach to autonomous vehicle development. Our closedloop simulation engine built with the latest in generative AI technologies Waabi World provides an extremely realistic environment for training and evaluating selfdriving systems. The Simulation Platform team is responsible for delivering a modular and scalable platform which integrates the onboard autonomy system intelligent actor models and sensor simulation.
You will...
Contribute to and improve our state of the art selfdriving simulator Waabi World to accelerate autonomous vehicle (AV) development.
Improve the scalability and performance of the simulation platform to run simulations efficiently at an extremely large scale.
Participate and share ideas in technical and architecture discussions collaborating with researchers and engineers.
Work closely with internal users to understand their requirements and workflows and propose new features to streamline and improve their experience using the simulator.
Advocate and set patterns for software development.
Drive complex crossfunctional technical projects with impact across Waabis systems and companywide impact.
Qualifications:
MS/PhD or Bachelors degree with a minimum of 4 years of industry experience in Computer Science Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study.
Experience with a variety of backend technologies and languages. Examples: Python C Rust.
Experience developing and maintaining production quality software versus only creating prototypes/proof of concepts.
Understanding of testdriven and APIdriven development methodologies.
Experience designing interfaces between systems.
Experience with multithreaded system design/architecture algorithms data structure design and systemslevel programming.
Experience working with crossfunctional partners/stakeholders when building software frameworks.
Experience with software performance optimization and profiling.
Experience with concurrency and determinism.
Openminded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others.
Passionate about selfdriving technologies solving hard problems and creating innovative solutions.
Bonus/nice to have:
Experience with game engine development simulation or other similar application runtime development.
Experience in autonomous systems robotics or machine learning.
Experience working in distributed systems or emulation at scale.
Experience building software systems from scratch.
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
Experience working with accelerators.
Experience with sensor data processing.
The US yearly salary range for this role is: $184000 $272000 USD in addition to competitive perks & benefits. Waabi (US) Inc.s yearly salary ranges are determined based on several factors in accordance with the Companys compensation practices. The salary base range is reflective of the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Note: The Company provides additional compensation for employees in this role including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus.
Perks/Benefits:
Waabi provides a competitive benefits package that includes:
Competitive compensation and equity awards.
Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical Dental and Vision coverage.
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 offsite & virtually.
Worldclass facility that includes a gym games room (ping pong table video game consoles board gamesetc) multiple collaborative working spaces and a gorgeous patio!(when in office).
As we grow this list continues to evolve!
Waabi is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating a supportive inclusive and accessible environment for all employees. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.