Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling

Job overview

Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling is an onsite role in San Francisco, CA, with a yearly salary range of $165,000–$265,000. Waabi is building technology for autonomous transportation, including commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. The engineer will build and deploy AI tools, agents, and workflows that improve productivity across Waabi. The role partners with engineering, research, and business teams to identify workflow needs, evaluate tools, and support responsible adoption.

What you'll do

• Design and ship internal tools, agents, and workflows
• integrate third-party AI tools
• evaluate AI tools, models, and agent frameworks
• run pilots and recommend build-versus-buy decisions
• partner with teams to prototype and refine solutions
• track usage, adoption, cost, and quality
• implement responsible-use guardrails with Security, Legal, IT, and Infrastructure
• support adoption through documentation, enablement, office hours, and hands-on assistance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior software engineer

staff software engineer

ai tooling

ai agents

python

developer productivity

autonomous transportation

san francisco ca

waabi

$165k–$265k/year

equity awards

unlimited vacation

flexible hours

work-from-home support

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Equity awards
• medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees
• unlimited vacation
• flexible hours and work-from-home support
• office drinks, snacks, and catered meals
• team-building activities and social events.

Why this role

Build AI tooling across autonomous-vehicle engineering, research, and business workflows.

About the employer

Waabi is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.