[Hiring] (Principal) Software Engineer C++ @Vay

Role Description

As a (Principal) Senior C++ Engineer in the Remote Driving Platform team, you will work on the foundational software stack that powers Vay’s driverless fleet. This is the layer that everything else depends on: health management, telemetry, safety integrations, compute performance, and the core platform enabling safe operation on public roads without a safety driver.

You will operate at the intersection of software architecture, performance engineering, and hardware evaluation, shaping the compute backbone of our remote driving system. Your work directly impacts safety, scalability, and our ability to deploy and operate thousands of vehicles globally.

Owning the platform means owning reliability, performance, and developer velocity across the organization. The scope is deep, highly technical, and critical to Vay’s long term success.

We are open to hiring at either Senior or Principal level, depending on experience and scope of ownership.

What you'll be driving

• Design and evolve the common software platform components that other engineering teams build upon.
• Ensure that our remote driving stack is performant, observable, and production ready at scale.
• Design, develop, test and maintain core C++ platform components used across Vay.
• Build and improve system level tooling for health management, telemetry and incident handling.
• Own performance profiling and optimization across vehicle and remote driving compute.
• Contribute to the evaluation and selection of compute hardware for vehicles and remote driving stations.
• Improve and extend hardware in the loop test setups to accelerate feedback cycles.
• Support the production fleet in Berlin and Las Vegas on a scheduled basis.
• Collaborate closely with autonomy, systems and fleet teams to ensure safe and scalable deployments.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in C++ and Linux based systems.
• Deep understanding of system profiling, debugging and performance optimization.
• Experience building production grade distributed or embedded systems.
• Passion for improving developer productivity through automation and DevOps best practices.
• Strong communication skills with a high sense of ownership and urgency.

Nice to Have

• Experience working with ROS (ROS1 and/or ROS2).
• Experience with hardware evaluation and compute platform selection.
• Experience working on robotics, autonomous systems, or safety critical software.
• Interest in leveraging modern AI assisted coding tools to improve engineering velocity.

Benefits

• A global team of smart, motivated people from 30+ countries who love tackling hard problems and turning bold ideas into reality.
• Huge scope for impact in a fast paced environment.
• ESOP stock options: A stake in Vay’s future - not just a salary.
• Unlimited Paid Vacation Days.
• Subsidised Deutschland ticket (Berlin).
• Subsidised Urban Sports Club or FitX Membership.
• All Vay team members receive 30% off their Vay rides.
• Exclusive external discounts.
• €350 Home Office Set-up.
• Relocation financial assistance when relocating to Berlin.
• Fully funded German Lessons.
• Regular team events throughout the year.