Full-Stack Software Engineer, Model Development Platform

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.

FULL-STACK SOFTWARE ENGINEER, MODEL DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM

As a Full-Stack Software Engineer within Wayve’s Model Development Platform, you will design, build, and operate the applications and services that support the development and testing of our autonomous driving models. These systems help researchers and engineers manage workflows spanning data, model training, experiment scheduling, evaluation, and on-road testing.

You will work across the full technology stack, creating intuitive web applications and the scalable backend services, APIs, and data models that power them. You will take ownership of significant technical areas, from understanding user needs and shaping solutions through to implementation, deployment, observability, and production support.

This is a hands-on engineering role with meaningful technical leadership responsibilities. You will influence technical decisions within the team, establish effective design patterns, contribute to architectural direction, and help engineers make sound technical choices. You will mentor less-experienced engineers through design discussions, code reviews, pairing, and day-to-day collaboration while continuing to write and deliver high-quality production code.

CHALLENGES YOU WILL OWN

Deliver end-to-end platform capabilities

Design and deliver applications that make complex model-development workflows easier to manage—from experiment scheduling and evaluation to on-road testing. Work closely with users to understand their needs, shape pragmatic solutions, and own features from initial design through deployment and continuous improvement.

Build scalable, secure, reliable, and performant services

Build and operate production web applications, APIs, and backend services that perform reliably as usage and complexity grow. Apply sound security practices, identify bottlenecks and failure modes, and use testing, observability, and performance analysis to continuously improve the systems you own.

Shape system design and technical direction

Lead the design of significant features and services, making thoughtful trade-offs between delivery speed, scalability, security, operational simplicity, and maintainability. Contribute to design reviews and establish reusable patterns that help the team build coherent, well-integrated systems.

At the Staff level, you will also guide broader architectural decisions, align approaches across teams, and lead complex, multi-quarter technical initiatives.

Lead through hands-on contribution

Remain actively involved in implementation while helping others make strong technical decisions. Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through design discussions, code reviews, pairing, and practical guidance.

Cross-functional collaboration

Partner closely with Product Management, Research, Operations, Design, and other engineering teams to understand user needs and deliver effective solutions. Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs clearly, build alignment between stakeholders, and ensure platform capabilities work coherently across team and system boundaries.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Essential

- Full-stack engineering – Strong experience designing, building, and operating production web applications across frontend and backend systems. Experience with modern technologies such as React, TypeScript, Python, Flask, or FastAPI—or comparable frameworks and languages.

- Production system design – A strong understanding of system design, API design, data modeling, asynchronous workflows, automated testing, and distributed-system fundamentals. Experience building services that are scalable, secure, reliable, observable, and per …