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# Staff Software Engineer, Simulation Platform

- **Company:** WAABI PARTNERS
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $159,000.0 - $268,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Acceptance Test-Driven Development, C++ (Programming Language), Profiling, Data Structures, Linux, Distributed Systems, Video Game Development, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Scrum Methodology, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Multithreading, Concurrency, Generative AI, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Api Design, Software Performance, Docker
- **Published:** October 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_61f17e7d8

## About the Role

* MS/PhD or Bachelors degree with a minimum of 5 years of industry experience in Computer Science, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study.
 * Experience with a variety of backend technologies and languages. Examples: Rust (Preferred), C++, Python.
 * Experience developing and maintaining production quality software, versus only creating prototypes/proof of concepts.
 * Linux/Unix experience
 * Understanding of test-driven and API-driven development methodologies.
 * Experience designing interfaces between systems.
 * Experience with multi-threaded system design/architecture, algorithms, data structure design, and systems-level programming.
 * Experience working with cross-functional partners/stakeholders when building software frameworks.
 * Experience with software performance, optimization, and profiling.
 * Experience with concurrency and determinism.
 * Open-minded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others.
 * Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.

Bonus/nice to have:

 * Experience with game engine development, simulation, or other 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.
 * Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
 * Experience working with accelerators.
 * Experience with sensor data processing.

## Description

Simulation is at the core of Waabi's approach to autonomous vehicle development. Our closed-loop simulation engine built with the latest in generative AI technologies, Waabi World, provides an extremely realistic environment for training and evaluating self-driving systems. The Simulation Platform team is responsible for delivering a modular and scalable platform which integrates the onboard autonomy system, intelligent actor models, and sensor simulation. You will...

 * Contribute to and improve our state of the art self-driving simulator Waabi World to accelerate autonomous vehicle (AV) development.
 * Improve the scalability and performance of the simulation platform to run simulations efficiently at an extremely large scale.
 * Design and implement orchestration software between simulation subcomponents including the autonomy system, data-driven actor models, and sensor simulation powered by generative AI.
 * Participate and share ideas in technical and architecture discussions, collaborating with researchers and engineers.
 * Work closely with internal users to understand their requirements and workflows and propose new features to streamline and improve their experience using the simulator.
 * Advocate and set patterns for software development.
 * Drive complex cross-functional technical projects with impact across Waabi's systems and company-wide impact.