Lead Architect: Wayve Portal at Wayve

London, England, United Kingdom

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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AI, Automotive, Autonomous VehiclesIndustries

Requirements

Act as technical authority for architectural integrity across all modules
Collaborate with third-party engineering teams
Ensure robust, modular, and scalable architecture meeting enterprise-grade security and performance standards across diverse OEM environments

Responsibilities

Architect the full-stack Wayve Portal platform across frontend, backend, APIs, IAM, observability, and cloud infrastructure
Design for scalability, modularity, and high availability, supporting both managed service and OEM self-service deployment models
Maintain the architecture blueprint and decision log; own schema definitions and interface contracts
Define and uphold non-functional requirements (NFRs) including performance, security, availability, and disaster recovery
Partner with IAM and Security teams to validate authentication workflows, RBAC policies, token lifecycle management, and audit mechanisms
Ensure architectural compliance with relevant standards and regulations (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001), embedding privacy-by-design and auditability across the platform
Oversee CI/CD workflows to ensure compliance with penetration testing and SLA requirements
Review and approve technical designs from third-party development teams, enforcing consistency and best practices
Lead architecture and code design reviews; ensure adherence to architectural guardrails and quality standards
Define integration patterns for third-party tools (e.g., Databricks, Sigma, Jama) and guide their secure implementation
Shape the cloud infrastructure strategy with a preference for Azure, while maintaining cloud-agnostic design principles
Support environment provisioning (dev, staging, production), build pipeline setup, and observability tooling strategy
Make technical decisions around data storage models, API gateway architecture, caching layers, and deployment orchestration

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

System ArchitectureCloud ComputingSaaSData ManagementAI TrainingData CurationAutonomous Driving

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the salary for the Lead Architect position?

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Is this Lead Architect role remote or office-based?

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What are the key responsibilities that show required skills for this role?

Key skills include architecting full-stack platforms across frontend, backend, APIs, IAM, observability, and cloud infrastructure; designing for scalability, modularity, high availability, security, and performance; and maintaining architecture blueprints, decision logs, schema definitions, and interface contracts.

What is the company culture like at Wayve?

Wayve fosters a diverse, fair, respectful, and inclusive culture that values unique skills and perspectives, embraces uncertainty and complex challenges, aims high while staying humble, and backs team members to deliver impact in a fast-paced environment.

What makes a strong candidate for the Lead Architect role?

A strong candidate will have expertise as a technical authority in system architecture for secure, scalable SaaS platforms, experience collaborating with third-party teams and security experts, and the ability to define NFRs like performance, security, and disaster recovery across diverse environments.

Wayve

Develops autonomous vehicle technology using AI

About Wayve

Wayve.ai develops self-driving technology known as AV2.0, which focuses on creating a smarter and safer approach to autonomous vehicles. Their technology uses embodied AI software that allows vehicles to learn from their experiences and adapt to different environments without needing detailed programming. This method is different from traditional self-driving technologies that often rely on expensive hardware and pre-mapped data. Instead, Wayve.ai employs end-to-end deep learning, making their solution more cost-effective for automakers. The company targets automakers and fleet operators, offering them adaptable and affordable solutions for driving automation. Wayve.ai has already partnered with major retailers in the UK to test its technology in delivery fleets, aiming to enhance mobility and sustainability in the automotive industry.

London, United KingdomHeadquarters

2017Year Founded

$1,272.3MTotal Funding

SERIES_CCompany Stage

Automotive & Transportation, AI & Machine LearningIndustries

201-500Employees