Staff Software Engineer / Technical Lead Manager

Waymo · San Francisco, CA · CSI (7LV)

staff software engineering Technical Lead hybrid 5+ yrs Bachelor's
$251,000 – $319,000
USD per year

About this role

Waymo is hiring a staff-level Technical Lead in the software engineering function based in San Francisco, CA. The posting calls out experience with JavaScript, React, Angular, GCP and roughly 5+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Compensation is listed at $251,000–$319,000 per year.

Role
Technical Lead
Function
software engineering
Level
staff
Track
hybrid
Employment
Full-time
Location
San Francisco, CA
Experience
5+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Department
CSI (7LV)
AI Summary
Staff-level Technical Lead at Waymo overseeing autonomous driving technology development. Lead cross-functional teams across backend (C++, Spanner) and frontend (Angular, React) stacks while managing technical roadmap and people. Requires 6+ years backend, 6+ years frontend, and 5+ years people management experience.
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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.

You will:

  • Collaborative - work across team boundaries
  • Cross-functional - work with PM, UX, legal, operations, or other non-engineering roles
  • Independence / leadership - take ownership and drive efforts to completion
  • Technical road map definition experience
  • Performance management experience

You have:

  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • 6+ years experience working with backend tech (e.g. C++, Spanner, or others)
  • 6+ years of experience with Front End (Angular, Javascript, React, etc)
  • 5+ years of people management experience
  • TL or leadership skills
  • Experience in product development lifecycle

We prefer:

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