Senior / Staff Software Engineer, ML Datasets & Data Pipelines

The role

You will build scalable ML data pipelines to train and evaluate Waabi's autonomous driving platform. You will work on real-world driving data and Waabi World, the company's high-fidelity simulator, with a team of scientists and engineers.

What you will do

• Design and implement data pipelines using real-world driving data and Waabi World to train and evaluate deep learning models.
• Optimize data formats, caching, and dataloading for efficient ML training and evaluation at scale.
• Improve data sampling and composition for deep data introspection, tracking model performance and uncovering edge-case scenarios.
• Write high-quality, well-structured, and rigorously tested code.
• Help drive project roadmap planning, prioritization, and delivery.

Required qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, with 4+ years of industry experience.
• Proficiency in Python and strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
• Hands-on experience building distributed ETL and data processing pipelines.
• Direct experience managing ML pipelines, including dataset management, dataloading, and optimization.
• Strong understanding of cloud job orchestration, monitoring, and instrumentation best practices.
• A collaborative, open-minded approach and a willingness to mentor others.

Nice to have

• Experience optimizing large-scale distributed training pipelines and/or highly optimized ML inference pipelines.
• Experience with MapReduce (Apache Hadoop/Spark) or orchestration frameworks (Apache Airflow, Apache Beam, Google Cloud Dataflow, AWS Step Functions).
• Experience solving data challenges specific to autonomous driving.
• Familiarity with linear algebra (projections, transforms) and 3D geometry.
• Experience working with multimodal sensor data (e.g., LiDAR, RADAR, camera).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity awards.
• Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (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, on-site, off-site and virtual.

Before you apply

• Waabi is an equal opportunity employer; accommodations are available for the application and interview process on request to the recruiting team.

About the company

Waabi, founded by Raquel Urtasun, is a Physical AI company building technology for commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. It has offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh.