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Senior Autonomy Performance Engineer (Robotaxi Performance Operating System)

wayve • United Kingdom
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Lead the end-to-end performance operating system for Wayve’s Robotaxi, defining metrics, release gates, and improvement loops for AI-driven autonomous driving at scale. Own cross-functional execution, production debugging, and deployment readiness for global ride-hail partnerships. Build data-driven frameworks to ensure real-world safety, reliability, and operational excellence in learned driving systems.

Key Highlights
Define and own the performance measurement framework, release gates, and triage systems for Wayve’s Robotaxi deployment (driving + pick-up/drop-off) with no existing playbook to follow
Lead cross-functional execution across AV core, robotics, validation, and SRE teams to align roadmaps with performance outcomes without direct reporting authority
Hands-on ownership of production deployments, including release processes, rollback plans, and real-time debugging in Python/C++/SQL for AI-driven autonomy stacks

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Key Responsibilities
Design and evolve the autonomy performance measurement framework, including metrics, dashboards, and narrative leadership tools for ship/no-ship decisions
Build and run the end-to-end performance improvement loop: detect issues, triage, prioritize fixes, and validate improvements across model, robot software, backend, and evaluation tooling
Define and enforce production release gates, regression detection, and rollback plans for Robotaxi deployments, owning readiness calls and incident follow-through
Collaborate cross-functionally with AV core, robotics, validation, and SRE teams to align technical roadmaps with performance outcomes without direct authority
Stay hands-on in data and code (Python/C++/SQL) to accelerate debugging, validate improvements, and unblock delivery in real-world driving scenarios
Integrate new model features and architectures from core engineering into live Robotaxi operations while ensuring operational stability
Map and prioritize top fixes across backend, robot, and driving model systems within the first 90 days, shipping end-to-end deployments
Technical Skills Required
Python SQL Machine Learning/ML-Driven Robotics

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Benefits & Perks
Market-benchmarked annual salaries
Meaningful equity and long-term ownership
Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable

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Nice to Have
Experience with modern data/observability stacks (e.g., Databricks, Grafana, internal evaluation/simulation tooling)
Deep hands-on debugging experience with real-world autonomy/robotics time-series and real-time signals
Familiarity with external-facing performance reporting trusted by ride-hail partners (e.g., Uber)

Job Description

Before the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve.We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that.Here’s what this particular role covers.
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Job Overview
Posted Date Oct 09, 2026
Employment Type Full-time
Experience Level Not Applicable
Location United Kingdom
Category Programming
Company wayve
Mentioned Skills
python ai c++ c grafana looker sql

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