Senior Staff Software Engineer, Mapping

Job Location:

Pittsburgh, PA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 141000 - 242000

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Waabi founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team were unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology thats powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI automotive logistics and deep tech.

With offices in Toronto San Francisco Dallas and Pittsburgh 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:

The Mapping team at Waabi develops the foundational spatial intelligence of our autonomous fleet. As a Senior or Staff Software Engineer on our Mapping team you will act as a versatile foundational builder for our highly scalable AI-driven mapping infrastructure. We are looking for a strong software generalist who thrives on variety can easily pivot across different projects and tackles complex distributed systems problems from data ingestion to real-time serving.

You will collaborate and exchange ideas with our team which includes world-renowned engineers and scientists specializing in robotics deep learning computer vision and autonomous driving. We value original high-impact ideas and rigorous experimental validation.

You will...

- Act as a versatile engineering powerhouse quickly ramping up on new domains and fluidly transitioning between backend pipelines API design and vehicle-side serving.

- Be part of a multidisciplinary team of Engineers and Research Scientists using AI-first approach to create high-definition (HD) maps at scale.

- Architect and build the engineering foundations of our long-term mapping infrastructure.

- Build robust scalable pipelines to automatically create validate maintain and visualize massive amounts of data.

- Design and develop comprehensive metrics observability and anomaly detection across various systems.

- Partner directly with downstream customers (e.g. Perception Motion Planning Simulation) to capture complex requirements and implement intuitive APIs.

- Engineer real-time high-availability and low-latency systems for fleet of self-driving vehicles.

Qualifications:

- BS MS or PhD in Computer Scientist Electrical Engineering or related field with a minimum for 5 years of industry experience.

- Strong computer science fundamentals with an aptitude and willingness to quickly learn domain-specific concepts like 3D geometry and spatial data structures.

- Prove ability to work across various programming languages seamlessly bridging high-level Python development with robust systems-level engineering in C or Rust.

- Solid experience in designing developing and deploying production-quality fault-tolerant software at scale (moving well beyond prototypes/proofs of concept).

- Hands-on experience building distributed systems on modern cloud platforms.

Bonus/nice to have:

- A true generalist mindset: you enjoy wearing multiple hats diving into unfamiliar codebases and picking up new technologies as the mission dictates.

- Prior experience with autonomous vehicles HD mapping or robotics.

- Familiarity with 3D geometry geospatial systems spatial databases and tooling such as QGIS GDAL or PostGIS.

- Familiarity with Machine Learning pipelines or integrating AI models into production engineering systems.

- Experience with large-scale data processing systems and orchestration framework (e.g. Apache Spark Airflow Ray Kafka).

- Open-minded and collaborative team player with strong willingness to help others.

The US yearly salary range for this role is: $141000 - $242000 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:

- Competitive compensation and equity awards.

- Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical Dental and Vision coverage (for 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 both on-site off-site & virtually.

- As we grow this list continues to evolve!

Waabi is a technology start-up building technologies to transform the way the world moves. Join our talented team to be a part of the future and to make an impact!

Waabi is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a supportive inclusive and accessible workplace for all our employees. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities across race color ethnicity national origin or ancestry age citizenship religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression military or veteran status marital status pregnancy or parental status caregiver status disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We make workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

Staff IC