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# Senior Software Engineer - Runtime Platform, Robot Software

- **Company:** Wayve
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £71,556.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Profiling, Linux on Embedded Systems, Software Engineering, Datadog, Grafana, Caching, Performance Monitor, Databricks
- **Published:** September 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5899753221

## About the Role

* Software Development Skills: Proficiency developing high-performance embedded Linux systems software in C++. Demonstrated ability to manage the complete software development lifecycle from ideation through delivery & optimization
 * Proficiency with performance profiling tools and techniques for identifying and resolving system bottlenecks
 * Proven track record of methodical experiment evaluation
 * Strong technical background on OS scheduling, computer architecture (memory hierarchy, CPU caches, context switches, …), and thread synchronisation

Desirable

 * Familiarity with Nvidia performance tools such as NV NSight, NV Lumos and tegrastat
 * Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana (logs, metrics, traces), Databricks, Datadog
 * Familiarity with QNX and Momentics is a plus

## Description

* Investigate latency and performance bottlenecks across the entire software stack
 * Instrument code with profiling tools and metrics to collect performance data and identify optimization opportunities
 * Integrate and evaluate new profiling and instrumentation tools to benchmark system performance and establish baselines
 * Collaborate with multiple teams to understand their performance pain points and prioritize optimization efforts based on impact
 * Optimize critical code paths and algorithms to improve runtime efficiency, reduce latency, and enhance overall system performance


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