Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search & Index

• Backend services and APIs for vector similarity, semantic retrieval and metadata-filtered search
• Evaluating and integrating embedding models, vector databases, ANN libraries and external vendors
• Evaluation frameworks measuring retrieval quality, recall, relevance, filtering accuracy, latency, freshness, scalability and cost
• Integrating search into training-set construction, data curation and research workflows

• You have 7+ years in backend, infrastructure or ML systems, building production systems
• You have hands-on experience with vector databases or ANN technologies such as FAISS, LanceDB or similar
• You understand multimodal embeddings and have evaluated search quality across relevance, recall, filtering accuracy and performance
• You code strongly in Python or another systems language
• You have built search services, APIs, and large-scale ingestion and indexing pipelines
• You have delivered 0*1 systems in ambiguous problem spaces
• You are comfortable working across infra, ML and data curation, * Large-scale ML pipelines or distributed data infrastructure
• Multimodal data, including video, images, sensor data and metadata
• Active learning, semantic retrieval or training-data selection workflows
• Autonomy, robotics or large-scale data infrastructure
• Evaluating technical vendors and working with external providers

• Salaries benchmarked against the market annually
• Meaningful equity, sharing in the ownership and long term success of Wayve
• Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable
• Hybrid working, core hours and the chance to work hands on in vehicle workshops and labs
• Learning and development budgets with support for training, conferences and growth
• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, team socials and more

We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that., Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving. We are pioneering an end to end AI approach that enables vehicles to learn directly from real world experience, developing the ability to adapt, generalise and improve at scale. Instead of relying on hand coded rules or pre mapped environments, our AI Driver learns to drive by understanding the world around it. The result is technology that navigates complex urban environments with intelligence, precision and natural flow, unlocking meaningful advances in both safety and efficiency. We believe autonomy represents a once in a generation transformation in how people and goods move, comparable to the shift from horses to cars, and from human driven vehicles to intelligent machines.

Our ambition is to make autonomy universal. Wayve’s mapless and hardware agnostic AI platform integrates with global OEM partners, enabling continuous software evolution and unlocking advanced levels of automation from L2 plus through to L4 as our core AI model scales. In a race increasingly defined by intelligence and real world learning, Wayve is taking a distinct approach, building a generalisable driving intelligence that can power any vehicle, anywhere. By combining embodied AI with scalable deployment, we are creating technology that can be shaped to each OEM brand and driver experience, accelerating the transition to a safer, more intelligent future of mobility., Wayve is not a mature, fully-structured place with the playbook already written. Much of how we work is still being written, and if you join, you’ll help write it. That suits people who want real ownership more than people who need a settled structure from day one.

At Wayve we’re committed to creating a diverse, fair and respectful culture that is inclusive of everyone based on their unique skills and perspectives, and regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

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