Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

San Jose, CA on site Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted January 27, 2026
Job description
Established in 2017, WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD) is a leading global commercial-stage company that develops autonomous driving technologies from Level 2 to Level 4. WeRide is the only tech company in the world that holds driverless permits in China, the UAE, Singapore and the US, conducting autonomous driving R&D, tests and operations in over 30 cities of 10 countries around the world. WeRide has operated a self-driving fleet for more than 2,200 days.

WeRide.ai is looking for a Software Engineer to build powerful and efficient world-leading cloud infra platforms for autonomous driving, inlcuding PaaS platforms, such as Big Data, AI, Simulation, and IaaS platforms, such as K8s, storage services.

What you will do:

  • Architect and develop scalable and reliable PaaS and IaaS platforms to serve the whole company to meet our growing business needs.
  • Architect and develop high performance and scalable distributed system for large scale data storage, data processing, distributed deep learning, simulation.
  • Discover and resolve performance bottlenecks to improve the efficiency of platform continuously.
  • Build profiling tools to allow engineers to efficiently identify system bottlenecks.
  • Build monitoring and introspection tools to allow engineers to quickly introspect a system.

Requirements:

  • BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science / Engineering, Statistics or other equivalent fields
  • 3+ year experience of developing scalable, distributed, compute-intensive services and ETLs on AWS or other cloud platforms.
  • 3+ year experience of cloud-native software architect and development
  • Proficiency in C++, Python, Go, Scala, or Java.
  • Familiar with Kubernetes, Linux, Docker, LXC, Micro services.
Salary Range: Your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected pay range is between $143,000 - $197,437.50 for the level at which this job has been scoped. Your base pay will depend on several factors, including your experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.

WeRide.ai offers competitive salary depending on the experience. Employee benefits include:
Premium Medical, Dental and Vision Plan (No cost from employees or their families)
Free Daily Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Paid vacations and holidays
401K plan
About this role

Summary

Develop scalable cloud platforms, distributed systems, and tools for autonomous driving tech.

Job title

Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Experience level

3+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

San Jose, CA, on-site work required

Salary

$143,000 - $197,437.50

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C++PythonGoKubernetesLinuxDocker

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

cloud infrastructuredistributed systemskubernetesbig dataAI
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Jose, CA, USA

On-site City