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Wayve

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle
Location
SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Artificial Intelligence
Posted
Sep 1, 2026
Salary
$311,850–$350,625 a year
Full-time

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search & Index

Job description

Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.

Job responsibilities

  • Build and operate production search and indexing systems at billion-vector scale.
  • Apply and evaluate embedding models for semantic and multimodal retrieval, including inference, normalization, versioning, and integration.
  • Build evaluation frameworks to measure retrieval quality, recall, relevance, filtering accuracy, latency, freshness, scalability, and cost.
  • Develop backend services and APIs for vector similarity and metadata-filtered search.
  • Own search components from design and implementation through deployment and production operations.
  • Collaborate with ML, Data, and Evaluation teams to integrate search into training, curation, and evaluation workflows.
  • Support the growth of other engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, knowledge sharing, and mentoring.

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