Senior Data Scientist

Sunnyvale, California USA💼 Full-time💰 $209,700–$266,800🗓 2026-03-31 → 2026-09-25

Core

Partner with engineering teams to develop actionable insights guiding improvements to the Wayve AI Driver using experimental and observational analyses of real and simulated driving.

Role type

Senior Data Scientist (Autonomous Driving)

Builds

Wayve AI Driver functionality, safety, and performance

Domain

Autonomous Mobility / AI

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

SQL, experimental design (A/B), statistical testing, Python (pandas, sklearn, statsmodels, scipy), data visualization, hypothesis validation

Preferred skills

PyTorch, causal inference, econometric techniques, Bayesian methodologies, distributed computing (Spark, Hadoop)

Technologies

Python, pandas, sklearn, statsmodels, scipy, PyTorch, Spark, Hadoop

Responsibilities

Formulate and iterate performance metrics for engineering efforts; Design experiments and targeted off-road measurements; Investigate model training and inference bottlenecks

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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About Wayve

🚀 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