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Senior Software Engineer, Data & Evaluation

Waymo, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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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 lost to traffic crashes. The 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 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.

The Waymo Mapping team’s goal is to build a high‑resolution map of the world to support safe autonomous driving. We work on creating the map using a combination of automatic and manual techniques and build the infrastructure to store, process, and distribute the map. Our team collaborates with several other Waymo teams that consume map data.

Responsibilities

Evaluate and launch machine learning models that automatically generate maps from raw data.

Work with onboard teams to evolve Waymo’s mapping format to make it more automation‑friendly.

Apply statistical analysis to validate large‑scale changes.

Build backend infrastructure for storing and processing many forms of map data.

Scale our systems to support mapping the whole world.

Qualifications

B.S. in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

5+ years of industry experience.

Experience with statistical analysis.

Experience with large‑scale data processing using frameworks like Google Data Flow or Apache Beam.

Willingness to own problems end‑to‑end and work on various parts of the system.

A passion for good software engineering.

Preferred Qualifications

M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Experience with TensorFlow and/or C++.

Salary Range Base salary: $204,000 – $259,000 USD (full‑time, US locations). Additional compensation includes discretionary annual bonus, equity incentive plan, and company benefits.

Employment Type Full‑time

Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level

Job Function Engineering and Information Technology

Location San Francisco, CA

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