Wayve · 8 hours ago
Technical Lead, Search & Index
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
10+ years expWayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology, focusing on enhancing automated driving systems. The Technical Lead for Search & Indexing will be responsible for designing and evolving the indexing system to support the retrieval of multimodal video data, collaborating with various teams to deliver impactful solutions.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesElectric VehicleMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Design and implement an MVP indexing system to support vector similarity search and metadata filtering
Evaluate and integrate off-the-shelf solutions (e.g., Faiss, LanceDB); prototype quickly
Lead technical exploration of buy vs. build tradeoffs for long-term retrieval infra
Own components of the indexing pipeline from prototype to production
Collaborate with ML engineers and data curation teams to understand embedding formats and retrieval needs
Work closely with infra/platform teams to ensure the MVP is observable, scalable, and extensible
Contribute to team engineering culture and mentor others as the team scales
Qualification
Required
Over 10 years of experience in backend, infra, or ML systems roles, with a track record of launching working systems quickly
Deep familiarity with vector similarity search frameworks and metadata indexing
Strong coding skills in Python or other systems languages
Experience shipping MVPs in ambiguous problem spaces, ideally in 0 to 1 or exploratory domains
Ability to make architectural tradeoffs and move fast without sacrificing future extensibility
Comfortable working across system boundaries (infra, ML, data curation)
Preferred
Experience with one or more: Faiss, Pinecone, LanceDB, Databricks Vector
Familiarity with multimodal data (video, sensor, metadata) or large-scale ML pipelines
Exposure to embedding generation, active learning, or retrieval-augmented training
Prior experience in autonomy, robotics, or large-scale data infrastructure
Ability to inform technical purchasing decisions and interface with external vendors
Company
Wayve
Wayve develops AI software for automated driving that learns from data to navigate environments.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$1.26BKey Investors
Innovate UKUberSoftBank
2025-07-28Grant
2024-08-29Series C
2024-05-06Series C· $1B
Leadership Team
Alex Kendall
Co-Founder & CEO
Max Warburton
Chief Financial Officer
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