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Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Simulation Platform

Waabi · Toronto, ON

Posted about 3 months ago · $159,000 - $268,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
79 days
Waabi's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
65% of Waabi's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Waabi
high
81 stale, 2 reposted of 88 open
Hiring momentum
97 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Waabi's own lever board since 2026-08-04. Full hiring picture for Waabi.

About this role

As a Senior/Staff Software Engineer on the Simulation Platform team at Waabi, you will enhance the Waabi World simulator to support the development of autonomous vehicles. Your role involves improving the platform's scalability and performance, designing orchestration software, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and advocating for software development best practices. You will also engage with internal users to gather requirements and propose features that improve their experience with the simulator.

Our read on this posting3.4out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Waabi as an employer.

What you need

  • MS/PhD or Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years of industry experience in Computer Science, Robotics or similar technical fields
  • Experience with backend technologies and languages such as Rust (preferred), C++, Python
  • Experience developing and maintaining production quality software
  • Linux/Unix experience
  • Understanding of test-driven and API-driven development methodologies
  • Experience designing interfaces between systems

Nice to have

  • Experience with game engine development, simulation, or similar application runtime development
  • Experience in autonomous systems, robotics or machine learning
  • Experience working in distributed systems or emulation at scale
  • Docker & Bazel experience
  • Experience building software systems from scratch

What you get

  • Competitive compensation and equity awards
  • Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
  • 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

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed for Canadian locations
  • Stack includes a mix of modern and legacy technologies
  • Role involves collaboration with various teams, which may require strong interpersonal skills

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Listed by Waabi on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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