Wayve
Mid (~850)
Writer
Mid (~400)
Best For
Wayve
Best for: ML and robotics engineers excited by embodied AI who want to work at the frontier of autonomous driving with a high-caliber research team in London
Writer
Best for: Professionals interested in Writer
Ratings
WayveWriter
4.4
3.5
Overall
3.9
2.7
Work-Life Balance
4.5
3.6
Culture & Values
4.4
3.5
Comp & Benefits
4.2
3.3
Senior Mgmt
4.2
3.3
Career Opps
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (Amar Shah)
👍 70% Recommend
👤 74% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Wayve only
🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Writer only
🔓 Open Source
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Wayve
- Great culture — smart, friendly people with a supportive and inclusive familial bond
- Immense creative freedom and autonomy; founders are humble and open to being challenged
- Career progression framework is unclear — salaries and promotions feel arbitrary
- Very ambitious demands create vulnerability to burnout; processes built on the fly
Writer
- Real AI engineering with proprietary LLMs — not just wrapping OpenAI APIs
- Strong enterprise traction and visionary product direction
- Intense work culture with very high expectations and limited work-life balance
- Growing management layers creating organizational friction
Bottom Line
Wayve
One of Europe's top deep-tech companies with excellent Glassdoor ratings (4.4) and a cutting-edge AV research environment — but expect an intense pace and most roles are London-based.
Writer
Writer — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Wayve — 80 jobs
💻 Engineering
48
⚙️ Operations
6
🧠 ML / AI
4
📋 Product
3
📊 Data
2
⚖️ Legal
2
👤 HR / People
1
📣 Marketing
1
Writer — 49 jobs
💻 Engineering
16
💼 Sales / GTM
12
🎨 Design
1
⚙️ Operations
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Wayve scores 4.4/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Writer scores 3.5/5.0 overall with a 2.7 WLB. That’s a 0.9-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Wayve also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact, Diverse & Inclusive. Writer also emphasizes Open Source.
On the hiring front, Wayve has 80 open roles and Writer has 49 open roles.