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About usFounded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.
Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward. Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving.
In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future.
At Wayve, your contributions matter. We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact.
Make Wayve the experience that defines your career!
You are responsible for leading the Engineering Experience team that supports our engineers through CI/CD, build systems, tools, infrastructure, and the overall developer experience.
Key responsibilities:
- Manage a team of Software, Platform and DevOps engineers. Ensure team members are having a strong impact and are set up for success.
- Collaborate with the team tech lead to define and then drive the technical roadmap
- Ensure projects are resourced in a way that balances the needs of the business with the needs of the individuals.
- Prioritise effectively and keep processes lean and effective.
- Partner with the leadership team to maintain a culture of collaboration, impact, innovation, and health.
- Grow the team as a hiring manager, to bring in complementary, diverse skill sets and backgrounds. Anticipate the needs of the business 18 months out, identify areas where additional resources are needed or we need to grow new domain expertise, and pitch this to leadership for investment.
- Contribute to the day-to-day running of the Software team’s operations and larger collaborative efforts.
In order to set you up for success as an Engineering Manager at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience.
Essential
- Prior experience as a manager of Software, SRE or DevOps teams
- Professional experience in a leadership role with teams that have a heavy support load
- Passionate about fostering personal and professional growth in individual team members
- Experience with roadmap planning, stakeholder management, requirements gathering and alignment with peers towards milestones and deliverables.
- Prior hands-on development experience in software systems, build systems or IT systems.
- BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar experience.
Desirable
- Expert knowledge of build systems (Bazel, make), modern CI/CD solutions (buildkite, gitlab, CI), Linux and Python.
We 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, we encourage you to apply.
For more information visit Careers at Wayve.
To learn more about what drives us, visit Values at Wayve
DISCLAIMER: We will not ask about marriage or pregnancy, care responsibilities or disabilities in any of our job adverts or interviews. However, we do look to capture information about care responsibilities, and disabilities among other diversity information as part of an optional DEI Monitoring form to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring process and ensure that the process is inclusive and non-discriminatory.
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What We Do
We're Wayve, a leading developer of embodied intelligence for autonomous vehicles. We use AI to pioneer a next-generation approach to self-driving: AV2.0, which enables fleet operators to unlock the benefits of AV technology at scale.
Founded in 2017, Wayve is made up of a diverse team of experts in machine learning and robotics. We were the first to deploy AVs on public roads with end-to-end deep learning. Today, our teams are based in London and California, and we're testing AVs in cities across the UK.
Inspired by our vision for a smarter, safer, more sustainable world, we're looking for people who are passionate about building breakthrough solutions to some of the world’s most important challenges. If you're looking for an exciting opportunity with a dynamic team, get in touch!
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