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Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that.\nHere’s what this particular role covers.\nAbout our Engineering Teams\nAs a Data Scientist supporting AI Engineers, you will partner with one or more engineering teams to develop actionable insights that guide improvements to the Wayve AI Driver. Through experimental and observational analyses of real and simulated driving, you will help teams advance the functionality, safety and performance of the Wayve AI Driver.\nYour day-to-day\nYou will work closely with engineering and cross-functional partners to turn data into clear, practical direction. Your findings will help teams understand performance, validate product requirements and prioritise the opportunities that matter most.\nYou will be comfortable working asynchronously across time zones, communicating findings clearly and compellingly, and influencing team direction through evidence.\nWhat you’ll be working on:\nFormulating and iterating on the performance metrics that organise our engineering efforts and guide progress towards commercial success.\n\nDesigning experiments and targeted off-road measurements to help ensure we deliver customer product requirements while maintaining safety and performance.\n\nInvestigating factors in model training and inference that create bottlenecks in functionality and performance.\n\nIdentifying, testing and validating hypotheses that can unlock improvements to the Wayve AI Driver.\n\nSummarising, visualising and communicating findings in an accessible way that supports prioritisation and strategy.\n\nYou should apply if:\nYou have 3+ years of experience in a Data Science role.\n\nYou are fluent in querying and building large datasets, including writing production-level SQL for data-transformation pipelines.\n\nYou have experience designing robust real-world experiments, such as A/B tests, and critically evaluating test statistics.\n\nYou have strong statistical foundations, including selecting appropriate distributions and testing the assumptions behind frequentist statistics.\n\nYou are proficient in a statistical scripting language and data science or machine-learning packages, such as Python with pandas, sklearn, statsmodels or scipy, or R with dplyr, caret or stats.\n\nYou are skilled at summarising, visualising and communicating findings in an accessible and compelling way.\n\nYou have influenced team direction through your findings and bring a bias towards actionable insight that can drive prioritisation and strategy.\n\nYou are comfortable working asynchronously across time zones with cross-functional partners.\n\nYou are deeply curious about building something new and excited by the opportunity to help define AV2.0 and how we build it.\n\nIt would be great if you also have:\nPractical machine-learning experience, for example with PyTorch, and a passion for taking research ideas to production.\n\nA track record of promoting statistical rigour and experimental best practices.\n\nExperience with causal inference, econometric techniques or Bayesian methodologies for hypothesis testing.\n\nExperience working with large datasets and distributed computing technologies, such as Spark, Hadoop or other map-reduce tools.\n\nExperience working in a fast-moving technology company or startup.\n\nNot ticking every box? That’s totally okay! If you’re passionate about autonomy and keen to learn, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement.\nMore about Wayve:\nWayve 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-generation transformation in how people and goods move, comparable to the shift from horses to cars, and from human-driven vehicles to intelligent machines.\nOur ambition is to make autonomy universal. Wayve’s mapless and hardware-agnostic AI platform integrates with global OEM partners, enabling continuous software evolution and unlocking advanced levels of automation from L2+ through to L4 as our core AI model scales. In a race increasingly defined by intelligence and real-world learning, Wayve is taking a distinct approach, building a generalisable driving intelligence that can power any vehicle, anywhere. By combining embodied AI with scalable deployment, we are creating technology that can be shaped to each OEM brand and driver experience, accelerating the transition to a safer, more intelligent future of mobility.\nHow we work - Locations & Flexible Working:\nOur main hubs are in London, Sunnyvale, Yokohama, Herzliya, Vancouver and Leonberg. We operate a hybrid working model that combines in-person collaboration in our dedicated office spaces with focused time working remotely. This gives our teams the connection and energy of working together, alongside the flexibility to do their best work in a way that fits their lives.\nThe Interview Process:\nOur process is clear and respectful of your time:\nInitial call / recruiter screen (30 mins)\n\nCompetency interviews (Hiring Manager interview and SQL or Python programming interview) 45/60 min\n\nDeep-dive technical interviews (Quant Domain interview and Causal Inference Case Study) 60 min each\n\nFinal leadership interview (30 mins)\n\nWe’ll always explain the format and work around your availability.\nWhat’s in it for you:\nSalaries benchmarked against the market annually\nMeaningful equity, sharing in the ownership and long-term success of Wayve\nRelocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable\nHybrid working, core hours and the chance to work hands-on in vehicle workshops and labs\nLearning and development budgets with support for training, conferences and growth\nComprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, team socials and more.\nA quick, honest note before you apply.\nWayve is not a mature, fully-structured place with the playbook already written. Much of how we work is still being written, and if you join, you’ll help write it. That suits people who want real ownership more than people who need a settled structure from day one.\nIf that sounds like the kind of problem you want to spend your time on, we’d really like to hear from you.\nAt Wayve we're committed to creating a diverse, fair and respectful culture that is inclusive of everyone based on their unique skills and perspectives, and regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law.\nFor more information visit Careers at Wayve. To learn more about what drives us, visit Values at Wayve\nDISCLAIMER: We will not ask about marriage or pregnancy, care responsibilities or disabilities in any of our job adverts or interviews. 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