Head of Technical Services
Waymo · Mountain View, CA · GPS Offices/Labs/Mfg (69Z)
About this role
Waymo is hiring a staff-level Technical Lead in the software engineering function based in Mountain View, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, AWS, GCP. Compensation is listed at $226,000–$278,000 per year.
- Role
- Technical Lead
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Management
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
- Department
- GPS Offices/Labs/Mfg (69Z)
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Job description
from Waymo careersWaymo 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.
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