Waabi, founded by AI pioneer and visionary Raquel Urtasun, is an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology. With a world class team and an innovative approach that unleashes the power of AI to “drive” safely in the real world, Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before. Waabi is backed by best-in-class investors across the technology, logistics and the Canadian innovation ecosystem.
With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, and Dallas, 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 Data Platform team is responsible for everything that happens to our data once it's taken off the trucks and all the way until it's in our end users hands for training, visualization, or further post processing. We build tools, frameworks, infrastructure and services used by every team at Waabi in order to interact with the various types of data that we collect and extract. Our data is continuously growing, and we aim to provide efficient, reliable, and a performant system to support the data.
You will...
- Be a part of a team of engineers that manages Waabi’s data lifecycle from vehicle offload through consumption.
- Own the tools, pipelines, services and platform that compose Waabi’s cloud storage and data management infrastructure.
- Build and maintain libraries for performant data access.
- Collaborate with other teams at Waabi, including research scientists, ML and software engineers, system engineers and program managers to understand their uses and deliver features that improve our overall data ecosystem.
- Track data usage and design retention polices to manage a rapidly and continuously growing amount of data.
- Participate in the growth and planning for how our data platform scales over the next years.
- Assist in roadmap planning, prioritization, and delivery.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of industry experience reading and developing production quality software.
- MS/PhD or Bachelors degree with a Computer Science, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study.
- Experience using languages such as Python, Go, or Rust.
- Experience working in a team environment on a common codebase.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
- Open-minded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others.
- Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.
Bonus:
- Experience working with robotics / AV data.
- Experience working with the MCAP format.
- Experience with AWS (S3, ECS, Batch, etc.).
- Comfortable with Linux.
- Comfortable with Docker.
- Familiarity with microservice architectures.
- Familiarity with workflow management technology (ex. Airflow).
- Comfortable working across a wide surface area of systems.
The US yearly salary range for this role is: $155,000 - $240,000 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.
Perks/Benefits:
- Competitive compensation and equity awards.
- Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
- 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 both on-site, off-site & virtually.
- As we grow, this list continues to evolve!
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!
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.
