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Senior Data Scientist

Wayve · Sunnyvale, California USA

Roboticsonsitesenior$210k–$240k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely at scale.
  • Guide Wayve AI Driver improvements via real and simulated driving analysis.
  • Define performance metrics steering progress toward commercial success.

What they offer

  • Market-benchmarked salary reviewed annually
  • Meaningful equity ownership
  • Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable
  • Learning and development budget for training and conferences
  • Comprehensive health insurance and dental coverage
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave and pension

Ideal candidate

Curious, evidence-driven data scientist who turns analysis into clear direction and influences teams through compelling storytelling. You thrive working asynchronously and are excited to help define AV2.0 for real-world autonomy.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in a Data Science role
  • Fluent in querying and building large datasets including production-level SQL pipelines
  • Experience designing robust real-world experiments such as A/B tests
  • Strong statistical foundations including distributions and frequentist assumptions
  • Proficient in Python with pandas, sklearn, statsmodels or scipy, or R
  • Skilled at summarising, visualising and communicating findings accessibly
  • Track record of influencing team direction through actionable insights
  • Comfortable working asynchronously across time zones with cross-functional partners
remote policy
Hybrid working with core hours and async collaboration across time zones
visa sponsorship
Visa sponsorship available where applicable

Lab profile

About Wayve

London-based AI lab building embodied driving intelligence for autonomous vehicles.

What they build

  • Wayve Driver embodied AI driving software
  • GAIA generative world models for driving
  • LINGO language-grounded driving AI

Known for

  • End-to-end embodied AI for driving
  • Camera-first, mapless autonomy approach
  • Large-scale real-world learning and simulation

Key facts

  • Founded in 2017
  • Headquartered in London, UK
  • Backed by SoftBank Group, NVIDIA and Microsoft
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