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Waabi

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<div><span style="font-size: 16px;">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.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px">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: </span><a style="font-size: 16px" href="http://www.waabi.ai">www.waabi.ai</a></div><div><br></div><div>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">As a Software Engineer in High-Performance Onboard Algorithms, you will be a key contributor to the development and optimization of our real-time signal processing pipeline for autonomous driving. You will collaborate with our team of world-renowned scientists and engineers to build innovative, practical, and scalable solutions that handle massive amounts of sensor data (camera, LiDAR, radar, and others) with low latency and high reliability. We value original, high-impact ideas and rigorous experimental validation.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You will…</span></strong></h2>
<p style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Be part of a multidisciplinary team of Engineers and Scientists working on building a best-in-class, high-performance sensor processing stack.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Design, implement, and optimize highly efficient algorithms for sensor data acquisition, processing, fusion, and filtering, ensuring real-time performance on target hardware.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Work on shipping next-generation signal processing software, leveraging parallel computing architectures (e.g., CPU, GPU, specialized accelerators) and low-level system programming.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Collaborate with Waabi’s autonomy and hardware teams to ensure the efficiency and robustness of the entire system.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Qualifications:</span></strong></h2>
<p style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Fundamentals of computer architecture.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> You have a deep understanding of how modern computer systems work (multi-core, vector units, cache management, memory hierarchy, networking).</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Data-parallel algorithms</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">. You have experience implementing data-parallel and compute-intensive algorithms in domains such as image/video processing, compression, and optimizing modern neural networks.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Heterogeneous computing and systems programming</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">. You are comfortable with balancing workloads across multiple different processors, managing the ownership and movement of data buffers, and optimizing for overall system performance.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Performance profiling and optimization.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> You know how to identify bottlenecks in a complex codebase and make optimization decisions that have lasting impact.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Shipping Production Software.&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">You have experience in reading and developing production quality software. You write efficient and maintainable code in a native language such as C++ or Rust (we use Rust and a variety of DSLs).</span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Bonus:</span></strong></h2>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Experience with accelerated computing like CUDA, Vulkan, and OpenCL.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Experience with domain specific languages such as Halide, Taichi, Mojo, or Warp.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Experience with CPU intrinsics (SSE/AVX, NEON/SVE).</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Experience with embedded systems.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Shipped production software in one or more of the following areas: image and video processing, compression, streaming algorithms, deep learning, geometry processing.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Publications in top-tier conferences or journals related to high-performance computing, image processing, computer graphics, computer vision, machine learning, or self-driving technology.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">As a Software Engineer in High-Performance Onboard Algorithms, you will be a key contributor to the development and optimization of our real-time signal processing pipeline for autonomous driving. You will collaborate with our team of world-renowned scientists and engineers to build innovative, practical, and scalable solutions that handle massive amounts of sensor data (camera, LiDAR, radar, and others) with low latency and high reliability. We value original, high-impact ideas and rigorous experimental validation.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You will&hellip;</span></strong></h2>
<p style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Be part of a multidisciplinary team of Engineers and Scientists working on building a best-in-class, high-performance sensor processing stack.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Design, implement, and optimize highly efficient algorithms for sensor data acquisition, processing, fusion, and filtering, ensuring real-time performance on target hardware.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Work on shipping next-generation signal processing software, leveraging parallel computing architectures (e.g., CPU, GPU, specialized accelerators) and low-level system programming.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Collaborate with Waabi&rsquo;s autonomy and hardware teams to ensure the efficiency and robustness of the entire system.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Qualifications:</span></strong></h2>
<p style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Fundamentals of computer architecture.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> You have a deep understanding of how modern computer systems work (multi-core, vector units, cache management, memory hierarchy, networking).</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Data-parallel algorithms</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">. You have experience implementing data-parallel and compute-intensive algorithms in domains such as image/video processing, compression, and optimizing modern neural networks.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Heterogeneous computing and systems programming</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">. You are comfortable with balancing workloads across multiple different processors, managing the ownership and movement of data buffers, and optimizing for overall system performance.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Performance profiling and optimization.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> You know how to identify bottlenecks in a complex codebase and make optimization decisions that have lasting impact.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Shipping Production Software.&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">You have experience in reading and developing production quality software. You write efficient and maintainable code in a native language such as C++ or Rust (we use Rust and a variety of DSLs).</span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Bonus:</span></strong></h2>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Experience with accelerated computing like CUDA, Vulkan, and OpenCL.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Experience with domain specific languages such as Halide, Taichi, Mojo, or Warp.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Experience with CPU intrinsics (SSE/AVX, NEON/SVE).</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Experience with embedded systems.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Shipped production software in one or more of the following areas: image and video processing, compression, streaming algorithms, deep learning, geometry processing.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Publications in top-tier conferences or journals related to high-performance computing, image processing, computer graphics, computer vision, machine learning, or self-driving technology.</span></p>
</div><br/><br/>As a Software Engineer in High-Performance Onboard Algorithms, you will be a key contributor to the development and optimization of our real-time signal processing pipeline for autonomous driving. You will collaborate with our team of world-renowned scientists and engineers to build innovative, practical, and scalable solutions that handle massive amounts of sensor data (camera, LiDAR, radar, and others) with low latency and high reliability. We value original, high-impact ideas and rigorous experimental validation.
You will…
- Be part of a multidisciplinary team of Engineers and Scientists working on building a best-in-class, high-performance sensor processing stack.
- Design, implement, and optimize highly efficient algorithms for sensor data acquisition, processing, fusion, and filtering, ensuring real-time performance on target hardware.
- Work on shipping next-generation signal processing software, leveraging parallel computing architectures (e.g., CPU, GPU, specialized accelerators) and low-level system programming.
- Collaborate with Waabi’s autonomy and hardware teams to ensure the efficiency and robustness of the entire system.
Qualifications:
- Fundamentals of computer architecture. You have a deep understanding of how modern computer systems work (multi-core, vector units, cache management, memory hierarchy, networking).
- Data-parallel algorithms. You have experience implementing data-parallel and compute-intensive algorithms in domains such as image/video processing, compression, and optimizing modern neural networks.
- Heterogeneous computing and systems programming. You are comfortable with balancing workloads across multiple different processors, managing the ownership and movement of data buffers, and optimizing for overall system performance.
- Performance profiling and optimization. You know how to identify bottlenecks in a complex codebase and make optimization decisions that have lasting impact.
- Shipping Production Software. You have experience in reading and developing production quality software. You write efficient and maintainable code in a native language such as C++ or Rust (we use Rust and a variety of DSLs).
Bonus:
- Experience with accelerated computing like CUDA, Vulkan, and OpenCL.
- Experience with domain specific languages such as Halide, Taichi, Mojo, or Warp.
- Experience with CPU intrinsics (SSE/AVX, NEON/SVE).
- Experience with embedded systems.
- Shipped production software in one or more of the following areas: image and video processing, compression, streaming algorithms, deep learning, geometry processing.
- Publications in top-tier conferences or journals related to high-performance computing, image processing, computer graphics, computer vision, machine learning, or self-driving technology.
<br/><br/><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">The US yearly salary range for this role is: $148,000 - $260,000 USD in addition to competitive perks &amp; 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.&nbsp; Note: The Company provides additional compensation for employees in this role, including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 16px">Perks/Benefits:</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px">- Competitive compensation and equity awards.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px">- Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px">- Unlimited Vacation.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px">- Flexible hours and Work from Home support.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px">- Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px">- Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site &amp; virtually.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px">- As we grow, this list continues to evolve!&nbsp;</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px">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!</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px">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.</span></div>

Senior / Staff Software Engineer, High-Performance Onboard Algorithms

Software Engineer

Design, implement, and optimize high-performance onboard sensor algorithms for autonomous driving; collaborate with engineers; experience in C++/Rust and parallel computing.

adaption

<h2><strong>About us</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Most AI is frozen in place - it doesn't adapt to the world. We think that's backwards. Our mandate is to build efficient intelligence that evolves in real-time. Our vision is AI systems that are flexible, personalized, and accessible to everyone. We believe efficiency is what makes this possible - it's how we expand access and ensure innovation benefits the many, not the few. We believe in talent density: bringing together the best and most driven individuals to push the boundaries of continual adaptation. We're looking for builders and creative thinkers ready to shape the next era of intelligence.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Our research principles</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Sweat the details. </strong>Technical excellence requires obsessing over every detail. We co-design serving, algorithms, and interface as one system to maximize efficiency and enable real-time adaptation.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Move with conviction. </strong>Extraordinary results require extraordinary effort. We operate with urgency as a unified team, concentrating resources on a few high-conviction bets where research and impact intersect.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Metrics that matter. </strong>The most intelligent system will increasingly be defined by building an algorithm that can interact with the world. Research ideas are tested through working products. If it doesn't improve what users can do, we question whether it matters. We share what moves the field; we don't optimize for paper count.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>The role</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">This is a research role which is focused on real world impact. We care about building our frontier innovation around efficiency, gradient free exploration, real time learning and interface design. A revolution is underway where the cost of generating synthetic data is now low enough that we can treat the data space as malleable and something which can be optimized. We can steer synthetic data towards desirable properties and make previously invisible worlds with limited data coverage more visible. The most intelligent system will increasingly be defined by building an algorithm that can interact with the world. This means for the first time researchers who care about intelligence need also be obsessed with how a model interacts. If any of these statements resonate with you, we would like to hear from you.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Innovation: </strong>innovate on our product to co-design algorithms that react real-time to product signal and feedback. Design new ways of giving feedback that drive better algorithms.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Cross-Stack Optimization</strong>: Collaborate across software, hardware, and algorithmic domains to achieve system-wide efficiency gains</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Measure what matters</strong>: We believe strongly that the ultimate signal of value is whether we have real world impact. Our current algorithms are capable of interacting with the world which is why product matters so much.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Qualifications</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A PhD or equivalent research experience in a computer science field</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">4-5+ years of industry experience </p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Deep expertise</strong> in at least one area: model efficiency, real time alignment or algorithmic optimization</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Systems thinking</strong> ability to understand and optimize across the full ML stack</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong programming skills in Python. Experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Knowledge of model optimization techniques (RLHF, finetuning)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience in an industry lab with computing at scale</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Above all, we're looking for great teammates who make work feel lighter and aren't afraid to go out on a limb with bold ideas. You don't need to be perfect, but you do need to be adaptable. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check every box.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Flexible work</strong>: In-person collaboration in the Bay Area, a distributed global-first team, and quarterly offsites.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Adaption Passport</strong>: Annual travel stipend to explore a country you've never visited. We're building intelligence that evolves alongside you, so we encourage you to keep expanding your horizons.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Lunch Stipend: </strong>Weekly meal allowance for take-out or grocery delivery.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Well-Being</strong>: Comprehensive medical benefits and generous paid time off.</p></li></ul>

Research Scientist

PhD or equivalent CS research experience; 4-5+ years industry experience; deep expertise in model efficiency, real-time alignment, or algorithmic optimization; systems thinking; strong Python and DL frameworks; experience with scalable industry labs.

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