senior software engineering Technical Lead hybrid Hybrid
$238,000 – $302,000
USD per year

About this role

Waymo is hiring a senior-level Technical Lead in the software engineering function based in Mountain View, CA (hybrid). The posting calls out experience with Spark, ETL, Machine Learning. Compensation is listed at $238,000–$302,000 per year.

Role
Technical Lead
Function
software engineering
Level
senior
Track
hybrid
Employment
Full-time
Location
Mountain View, CA
Work mode
Hybrid
Department
Perception (7LT)
AI Summary
Lead a high-performing software engineering team building evaluation frameworks for autonomous driving perception models. Manage engineers from junior to staff level, define technical strategy and roadmap, oversee platform delivery, and collaborate cross-functionally with ML and infrastructure teams to enable rapid, safe model releases.

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Job description

from Waymo careers

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

Within Waymo's Perception Eval, the Hillclimbing & Launch Eval team is dedicated to enabling rapid, actionable, and smooth development cycles and releases for all of Perception. We design, build, and enhance critical evaluation workflows and are ultimately accountable for the quality and efficiency of the eval process. Our work empowers teams across Perception to effectively hillclimb model performance and software quality, ensuring successful and safe launches. This involves deep collaboration with ML, Simulation, Data Science, and Infrastructure partners.

In this hybrid role, you will report to an Engineering Manager

You will:

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