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Wayve

End-to-end autonomous-driving software for vehicles

Senior Site Reliability Engineer - AI Infrastructure

Full-TimeUpdated
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Senior
London, UK
HybridTwo days per week in the London office required.
DevOps & InfrastructureSite Reliability Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • Proven experience in an SRE, Production Engineer, or Cloud Reliability role supporting large-scale cloud systems.
  • Strong Kubernetes experience, including operating production clusters.
  • Hands-on experience running production workloads in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Experience operating complex distributed systems in production, ideally including compute-heavy or high-performance workloads.
  • Experience working with large compute clusters; exposure to AI/ML training or inference workloads is strongly preferred.
  • Strong Linux fundamentals and proficiency in at least one scripting or systems language, such as Python, Go, or C++, with a bias toward automation.
  • Deep troubleshooting skills across networking, storage, distributed systems, and performance at scale.
  • Experience designing and operating observability stacks, such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
  • Clear communication skills, including leading incidents, writing postmortems, and influencing teams to prioritize reliability improvements.
Responsibilities
  • Own the reliability, availability, and performance of the Model Development Platform and GPU Compute environments.
  • Define and operationalize SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets across platform services.
  • Improve capacity planning, scaling strategies, and resource efficiency across large GPU-backed clusters.
  • Partner with ML, platform, and software teams to establish clear production readiness standards.
  • Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation as first-line response for cloud and cluster-related incidents.
  • Lead incident triage, escalation, communications, and root cause analysis.
  • Translate post-incident learning into durable architectural or automation improvements.
  • Continuously reduce alert noise and recurring operational burden.
  • Design and operate monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting systems that enable rapid detection and recovery.
  • Build dashboards that reflect real user-centric platform health rather than only infrastructure metrics.
  • Improve deployment safety through better change management, validation, and rollback mechanisms.
  • Build automation for cluster operations, training workflows, remediation, and scaling tasks.
  • Implement self-healing patterns and resilient recovery workflows.
  • Harden continuous integration and continuous delivery and release processes to improve deployment safety and velocity.
  • Support infrastructure-as-code and policy-driven guardrails to ensure secure, reliable cloud environments.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience operating GPU-backed environments or large-scale machine learning infrastructure.
  • Experience running model training or inference pipelines in production, including MLOps.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code, such as Terraform, and secure cloud production environments.
  • Experience defining and running SLOs and SLIs and building reliability programs across multiple teams.
  • Experience as an early or founding SRE hire establishing processes from scratch.
  • Interest in helping shape and grow a Cloud SRE function, with potential to take on leadership responsibilities over time.

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Wayve provides end-to-end autonomous-driving software for automakers and fleets that runs entirely on onboard compute and sensors, without relying on HD maps or city-by-city engineering. The system uses foundation models capable of zero-shot driving and has demonstrated ability to drive across 500+ cities in Europe, North America, and Japan. Unlike traditional AV stacks that depend on mapped data and per-city customization, Wayve aims to generalize driving with its onboard AI across diverse environments. Its goal is to scale commercial robotaxi trials from 2026 and bring supervised autonomy to consumer vehicles from 2027, backed by substantial funding partnerships to support rapid deployment.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$2.6B

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • Mercedes-Benz will integrate Wayve into future vehicles within two years, expanding retail distribution.
  • Stellantis targets 2028 North American launch for Level 2++ systems powered by Wayve.
  • Volkswagen selected Wayve on October 1, 2026, beating Nvidia in testing.

What critics are saying

  • Wayve still lacks mass-market revenue; Mercedes and Stellantis launches start in 2028.
  • Volkswagen’s October 1, 2026 selection still lacks a signed contract.
  • Nvidia, Mobileye, and OEM in-house stacks threaten commoditization before Wayve proves safety at scale.

What makes Wayve unique

  • Wayve’s mapless, end-to-end AI Driver generalizes across vehicles without city-specific engineering.
  • Mercedes-Benz signed a production agreement on September 22, 2026, validating OEM pull.
  • Stellantis demoed Wayve across Jeep, Fiat, and Maserati, proving cross-platform portability.

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City A.M.
Oct 27th, 2026
Pension reform means Brits don't have to wait for billionaires to give them shares.

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IT Business Today
Oct 27th, 2026
Wayve, Stellantis and NVIDIA partner on autonomous vehicles.

Wayve, Stellantis and NVIDIA partner on autonomous vehicles. Last updated: October 27, 2026 10:12 am Wayve, headquartered in London, UK, a developer of embodied AI for driving, announced a collaboration with NVIDIA, Stellantis, and the French government at the Autonomous Vehicle Conference (Assises du Véhicule Autonome) held in Paris, France on October 23, 2026, to advance the deployment of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in France and accelerate technology development across the EU. This initiative further develops the existing collaborative relationships between the companies. It combines Stellantis' L4-Ready Platforms(TM) and vehicle engineering and manufacturing expertise with NVIDIA Hyperion's Wayve AI Driver, which integrates NVIDIA Halos OS on its compute/sensor architecture. By bringing these strengths together, France will become a hub for an ecosystem that covers the entire autonomous driving value chain, from semiconductors to vehicles. France boasts one of Europe's largest ride-hailing service markets and is also the host country of the "AI Action Summit," where a €109 billion AI investment for 2025 was announced. It is a fitting country to launch this collaboration and will be an indispensable partner in Wayve's business expansion. This announcement, in collaboration with the French government, is an important example of how industry and government should work closely together in the coming years to safely and responsibly deploy autonomous driving technology. By combining expertise in AI, computing, and vehicle engineering and manufacturing, ITBusinessToday aim to strengthen the ecosystem in France and across Europe, and improve international competitiveness in the field of autonomous driving. This collaboration also places importance on developing autonomous driving in collaboration with local partners in France. Dialogue with labor unions, local governments, and mobility stakeholders will be led by its local partners responsible for transportation operations. This aims to ensure that the transition to autonomous driving benefits workers, communities, and users throughout the entire ecosystem. Together with the French government, ITBusinessToday will lead France to become a leading hub for AI-driven mobility in Europe.

Hagman Media Group
Oct 23rd, 2026
Wayve, Stellantis, NVIDIA collaborate on autonomous vehicles in France.

Wayve, Stellantis, NVIDIA collaborate on autonomous vehicles in France. Wayve, Stellantis and NVIDIA announced a collaboration, alongside the French government, to advance autonomous vehicle deployment in France, pairing Stellantis L4-Ready Platforms with the Wayve AI Driver on NVIDIA Hyperion. Wayve, Stellantis and NVIDIA announced a collaboration on Oct. 23 to advance the deployment of autonomous vehicles in France and accelerate the technology's development across the European Union. The companies made the announcement alongside the French government at the Assises du Véhicule Autonome (Autonomous Vehicle Forum) in Paris. Why it matters: The French initiative builds on existing work among the partners. Self Drive News reported Oct. 9 that Stellantis and Wayve had put the Wayve AI Driver on Fiat 500e and Maserati Grecale development vehicles, and in June the two companies and Uber signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to develop Level 4 robotaxis for global deployment. The collaboration combines Stellantis' L4-Ready Platforms and its vehicle engineering and manufacturing expertise with the Wayve AI Driver, which will integrate NVIDIA Halos OS on the NVIDIA Hyperion compute and sensor architecture. The partners said the combination positions France as the base for an ecosystem spanning the autonomous vehicle value chain, from silicon to vehicles. Wayve, the London-based developer of embodied AI for driving, said France will be an essential partner in its expansion. The company cited the country's ride-hailing market, which it describes as one of the largest in Europe, and the AI Action Summit in Paris, where €109 billion in AI investment was announced in 2025. Engagement with unions, city authorities and mobility stakeholders will be led by the local partners responsible for transport operations, according to the announcement. The stated aim is to ensure the transition to autonomous transport benefits workers, communities and riders. "France is committed to adapting its regulatory framework to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles while maintaining strict safety and data sovereignty requirements," Philippe Tabarot, French Minister of Transports, said in the announcement. Anne Laliron, senior vice president of technology research at Stellantis, said in the announcement: "While its impact is global, France is one of Stellantis' key centers for engineering and technology development, making it a natural home for advancing the future of AI-powered mobility." How this story was produced: drafted with AI assistance from company announcements and public sources, then reviewed, edited and approved by publisher Brian Hagman. Its editorial standards Self Drive News staff. Self Drive News is an independent trade publication covering vehicle autonomy. Published by Hagman Media and edited by founder Brian Hagman, it covers autonomous vehicles, robotaxis, ADAS, self-driving software and hardware, and L4 commercial deployments for an audience of AV engineers, software safety professionals, and mobility investors.

Stellantis
Oct 9th, 2026
Stellantis and Wayve demonstrate how AI can scale across vehicle platforms and enhance everyday mobility.

Stellantis and Wayve demonstrate how AI can scale across vehicle platforms and enhance everyday mobility. * Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa and Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall discuss the future of AI-powered mobility at Wave by Vento 2026 * Artificial intelligence is transforming the vehicle from a programmed machine into an intelligent system capable of perceiving, learning and adapting to complex real-world environments * Stellantis and Wayves' partnership demonstrates how a common AI driving foundation can adapt across Stellantis vehicle platforms: Fiat 500e and Maserati Grecale development vehicles showcased hands-free door-to-door supervised driving assistant (Level 2++), enabled by Wayve AI Driver and STLA AutoDrive * A shared, scalable AI foundation connects Level 2++ and future L4-Ready Platforms(TM), supporting supervised hands-free driving for private vehicles and, in the future, driverless mobility services designed for high-use operations TURIN, Italy, Oct. 9, 2026 - Stellantis and Wayve showcased progress in their strategic technology partnership at Wave by Vento 2026, demonstrating how AI-powered driving intelligence can adapt across distinct vehicle platforms while delivering a natural, intuitive and supervised hands-free driving experience. During a conversation at the event, Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa and Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall discussed how artificial intelligence is reshaping vehicles, accelerating innovation and creating new opportunities to make mobility more useful, accessible and human-centered. Alongside the conversation, Fiat 500e and Maserati Grecale development vehicles demonstrated hands-free door-to-door supervised driving assistant (Level 2++), enabled by the integration of Wayve AI Driver with STLA AutoDrive. The two development vehicles progressed from integration to real-world road testing in less than four weeks, building on the successful Jeep(R) Grand Cherokee integration earlier this year and reflecting the adaptability of the technologies and the deepening collaboration between the Stellantis and Wayve engineering teams. Announced in May 2026, the strategic partnership combines Wayve's end-to-end AI driving intelligence with Stellantis' STLA AutoDrive technology platform, automotive engineering expertise and scalable vehicle architectures. This approach enables a common AI driving foundation to support multiple vehicle platforms while adapting to differences in vehicle geometry, dynamics and sensor positioning. Hands-free, door-to-door supervised driving assistant, available across highway and urban environments, is targeted to launch in 2028, starting in North America. Traditional driving assistant systems largely depend on predefined rules and specifically programmed scenarios. Artificial intelligence introduces a different approach, enabling vehicles to interpret complex real-world situations and support decision-making in real time. Wayve AI Driver uses end-to-end embodied AI technology that learns from real-world experience to understand driving environments and respond appropriately without relying on high-definition maps, hand-coded driving rules or custom hardware. Integrated with STLA AutoDrive, this intelligence supports Stellantis' ambition to develop advanced driver-assistance systems that feel natural and intuitive, adapt to varying customer expectations and scale efficiently across brands and markets. As AI continues to evolve, vehicles are progressively transitioning from machines executing a fixed set of programmed instructions into intelligent systems capable of perceiving their surroundings, learning from experience and responding to complex real-world conditions. For Stellantis and Wayve, advancing AI is not an end in itself. Its technology's value lies in improving everyday mobility by reducing driver workload and making travel safer, smoother and more intuitive. Stellantis and Wayve share a long-term vision in which generalizable AI driving technology can support different levels of vehicle automation and address distinct mobility needs. Level 2++ is designed to bring supervised, hands-free, door-to-door driving to customers in their own vehicles. while L4 technology, combined with Stellantis' L4-Ready Platforms(TM) and Wayve's AI technology, can power driverless mobility services for high-utilization operations. A common, scalable technological foundation can accelerate learning and deployment at scale across vehicles and markets, while each application is engineered and validated according to its specific operating model and safety requirements. "Artificial intelligence is transforming the vehicle into an intelligent system capable of perceiving, learning and adapting to complex real-world environments. But, technology matters only when it improves people's lives," said Antonio Filosa, CEO of Stellantis. ""Our partnership with Wayve combines advanced AI, world-class engineering expertise and scalable vehicle platforms, reinforcing a core principle of our FaSTLAne 2030 strategy: the power of partnerships. By integrating the same core driving intelligence across different vehicles, we are showing how innovation can scale while remaining focused on what customers value most: safety, simplicity and confidence behind the wheel." "We're building a general-purpose AI Driver that can power any vehicle, anywhere," said Alex Kendall, co-founder and CEO of Wayve. "Together with Stellantis, we first integrated our technology into a Jeep Grand Cherokee earlier this year. Now, we've brought the same core intelligence to the Fiat 500e and Maserati Grecale - three very different vehicles with distinct configurations. This progress shows how embodied AI can become the foundation automakers build on to deliver safe, intelligent and delightful driving experiences at global scale." The Fiat 500e and Maserati Grecale development vehicles showcased at Wave by Vento make the partnership's progress tangible. By combining Wayve's adaptable AI technology with Stellantis' engineering capabilities, industrial scale and diverse product portfolio, the companies aim to bring advanced driving technology to more customers while preserving the distinct character and experience of each brand. About Stellantis Stellantis (NYSE: STLA / Euronext Milan: STLAM / Euronext Paris: STLAP) is a leading global automaker, dedicated to giving its customers the freedom to choose the way they move, embracing the latest technologies and creating value for all its stakeholders. Its unique portfolio of iconic and innovative brands includes Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, FIAT, Jeep(R), Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall, Free2move and Leasys. For more information, visit www.stellantis.com. About Wayve Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology for automated driving. Its advanced AI software and foundation models for autonomy enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any environment, enhancing the usability and safety of autonomous driving systems. Wayve develops mapless and hardware-agnostic Embodied AI products for automakers and fleet owners, accelerating the path from assisted to automated driving. To learn more, please visit www.wayve.ai. Stellantis Media Contact: Massimo De Micheli + 39 335 40 15 30 - [email protected] [email protected]

MarketScreener
Oct 9th, 2026
Stellantis, Wayve deal could cut autonomous driving development costs and timelines, CEO says.

Stellantis, Wayve deal could cut autonomous driving development costs and timelines, CEO says. Published on 10/09/2026 at 09:52 am EDT Reuters - Translated by Marketscreener - See original Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said the automaker's partnership with British startup Wayve could help drastically reduce the time and cost of developing advanced driver-assistance systems, as automakers race to bring autonomous driving features to market. Speaking alongside Wayve CEO Alex Kendall at the Wave technology event in Turin, Filosa stressed that production scale will be crucial to making autonomous driving affordable and promoting its faster adoption. "If adoption follows the path that we believe it will on a large scale, the industrial scale of the automotive sector, which is one of the complementary assets we bring to Alex, will help reduce costs, which is obviously very important," Filosa said, referring to so-called Level 2++ driver-assistance technology, which allows hands-free driving while still requiring driver supervision. According to Filosa, reducing development timelines, currently around 24 months for Stellantis, has been a key benefit of working with technology partners. In May, Stellantis announced a partnership with Wayve to integrate the startup's artificial intelligence-based driving software into its STLA AutoDrive platform. The first product is expected to launch in North America in 2028. Meanwhile, European regulators are still working to harmonize approval rules for increasingly sophisticated driver-assistance systems, as automakers push for broader adoption. COMPETITION GROWING EVER MORE INTENSE Traditional automakers initially sought to develop advanced autonomous driving systems mostly in-house, but with costs soaring and returns taking longer than expected, they are increasingly turning to specialized technology companies. Wayve, which also works with other automakers, including Nissan and Mercedes, said its technology is designed to be deployed across multiple automotive brands and markets. Kendall said Stellantis' portfolio of brands, which includes Jeep, Fiat, Peugeot and Maserati, offers a unique opportunity to adapt autonomous driving features to different vehicles while using the same underlying artificial intelligence system. "One of the advantages... is the variety of vehicles and brands Stellantis has," he said. The partnership comes amid growing competition in the automated driving sector. Tesla is pressuring regulators across Europe to approve its Full Self-Driving technology, arguing that advanced driver-assistance systems can improve road safety and accelerate the adoption of autonomous features. At the Turin event, Stellantis and Wayve demonstrated hands-free driving on prototypes of the Fiat 500e and Maserati Grecale, expanding on the technology's applications first presented earlier this year on a Jeep Grand Cherokee. (Translated by Laura Boffetti, edited by Andrea Mandala) (C) Reuters - 2026

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