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Principal Engineer, Data & Compute

About us Founded 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 sa

Company

Wayve

Location

Sunnyvale

Status

Open

Posted

2026-06-23T14:45:18+00:00

Wayve is hiring a principal engineer to own the architecture of the compute and storage systems behind its driving models. The work covers orchestrating training and inference across thousands of GPUs and multiple data centers, federating petabyte-scale sensor and simulation data, running GPU jobs across regions on hybrid and multi-cloud setups, and advising leadership on compute investment. The posting asks for 10+ years in large-scale distributed systems, at least four with GPU cloud infrastructure, plus technical leadership and mentoring. Salary is listed at $370,300–$418,200 plus equity, in Sunnyvale.