Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling
Core
Design, build, and ship internal AI tooling, agents, and workflows to accelerate productivity across engineering, research, and business teams at Waabi.
Role type
Senior IC software engineer (AI tooling & developer productivity)
Builds
Custom internal AI agents, coding assistants, automation workflows, and observability dashboards for Waabi's autonomy codebase and business functions.
Domain
Autonomous transportation / Physical AI / Developer Productivity
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Python, LLM integration, prompt engineering, agent frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, product judgment, technical communication
Preferred skills
Experience with ML/robotics infrastructure, non-engineering stakeholder management, security-sensitive AI deployment, open-source contributions
Technologies
Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, LLMs, Python
Responsibilities
Design and ship custom internal tooling and agents; Integrate and extend third-party AI tools; Evaluate new AI tools and provide build-vs-buy recommendations; Partner with teams to prototype and iterate solutions; Build observability for AI tooling usage and cost; Implement guardrails for responsible AI tooling; Drive adoption through documentation and enablement
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
