Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Scenarios - Waabi

Job Title: Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Scenarios
Job Location: Remote US & Canada
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/waabi/d8dbc207-b335-42c0-8d06-e709b33574b5
Job Description: Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's 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: www.waabi.ai

The Behaviors team at Waabi develops cutting-edge simulation agents and scenario generation algorithms for Waabi World, our simulation platform. As a Senior/Staff Software Engineer on our Behaviors team, you will create the next generation of simulation software for autonomous driving. You will work closely with our multidisciplinary team of research scientists and software engineers to build innovative, practical, and scalable solutions to challenging problems as part of our next-generation self-driving solution.

You will...
- Architect and implement the next generation of our scenario framework, evolving it to support scenario generation at scale for Waabi World and Mixed Reality Testing.
- Design clean, intuitive APIs that empower researchers, autonomy developers, and systems engineers across Waabi to author and generate scenarios easily and efficiently.
- Build robust systems in Python and Rust that balance flexibility, performance, and maintainability.
- Collaborate with researchers to productionize cutting-edge research into robust, scalable systems.
- Champion engineering excellence and contribute to the technical direction of the team.

Qualifications:
- Strong software engineering fundamentals with proven experience architecting and refactoring complex production systems.
- Demonstrated excellence in API design, particularly for developer-facing tools and frameworks.
- Passion for software craftsmanship–you care deeply about code quality, API ergonomics, and developer experience.

Bonus/nice to have:
- Experience in self-driving, traffic simulation, or a related field.
- Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Jax.
- Experience with imitation learning, reinforcement learning, planning, and/or robotics.
- Experience with simulation systems, game engines, or related technologies.

The US yearly salary range for this role is: $158,000 - $269,000 USD in addition to competitive perks & benefits. Waabi US Inc.’s yearly salary ranges are determined based on several factors in accordance with the Company’s 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.