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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 13 days Wayve's roles stay open a median of 40 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 40% of Wayve's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Wayve
- high 77 stale, 1 reposted of 169 open
- Hiring momentum
- 201 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Wayve's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Wayve.
About this role
As a Software Engineer on Wayve's Core Simulation team, you will develop and maintain the simulation system that evaluates and enhances the company's driving intelligence. Your role involves integrating various components, debugging complex systems, and improving the simulation's reliability and performance using C++ and Python. You'll collaborate with multiple engineering teams to ensure the simulation meets the required standards and effectively supports the development of autonomous driving technologies.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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 Wayve as an employer.
What you need
- Professional experience developing, delivering and maintaining production software in a collaborative engineering environment.
- Strong software development skills in C++ and Python, with depth in at least one and the ability to work effectively in both.
- Relevant experience in simulation, robotics, autonomous systems or similarly complex systems involving multiple interacting software components.
- Good understanding of software and data-oriented design, including how to build code that is maintainable, reusable and extensible.
- Experience debugging complex systems and reasoning about interfaces, data flows, timing and failure modes.
- Understanding of common software performance issues and the ability to make pragmatic design trade-offs.
Nice to have
- Experience in autonomous vehicles or other robotics applications.
- Experience simulating or modelling vehicles, robots or their dynamics.
- Experience with middleware or integrating components across complex software systems.
- Experience working with sensor data such as camera, radar, lidar or GNSS, including modelling uncertainty or noise.
- Experience integrating machine-learning inference into production systems.
What you get
- Hybrid working policy that combines office and remote work.
- Core working hours to allow flexible scheduling.
Worth weighing
- No salary listed.
- The role involves complex integration and debugging, which may require significant problem-solving skills.
- The focus on simulation may limit exposure to other areas of software development.
- The company emphasizes a collaborative environment, which may require strong interpersonal skills.
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Listed by Wayve on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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